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Year: 2018
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Chile celebrates Chinese New Year
SANTIAGO – Chinese community in the Chilean capital welcomed the start of the Lunar New Year on Friday with a parade through the Meiggs district. February 16 was Chinese New Year and marked the start […]
Featured
Children among 13 killed in Mexico earthquake helicopter crash
MEXICO CITY – A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed on Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 16, all of them on the ground. The 7.2-magnitude quake’s […]
Sports
Rotterdam Open: Roger Federer beats Robin Haase to make history
ROTTERDAM – Roger Federer has become the oldest world number one in tennis history after he beat Robin Haase at the Rotterdam Open on Friday. The 36-year-old Swiss replaced Rafael Nadal, 31, at the summit, […]
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Toxic seaweed threatens salmon farms in southern Chile
SANTIAGO – The algal bloom that is occurring in southern Chile has left around 2,450 tons of dead salmon, according to the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca). The phenomenon that produces blooms of harmful […]
Business
Chile’s inflation reached 0.5% in January
SANTIAGO – In January 2018, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a monthly variation of 0.5%, placing inflation in Chile at 2.2% at twelve months. In the first month of the year, ten of the […]
Blogs
India, terror and Kashmir
KHAWAJA MASOOD SRINAGAR – It’s wedding day in Rampur. A joyous effervescence has reached this village in the Indian occupied state of Kashmir. In the midst of the discussions, news spreads among the guests: “The […]
Elections
Chile invites Maduro to Piñera’s inauguration
SANTIAGO – Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Muñoz has invited Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the presidential inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Piñera on March 11. Earlier this week, Muñoz had said that Chile will not support […]
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Trucks, heavy machinery burnt in southern Chile arson attack
SANTIAGO – At least 29 tractor trailer trucks and other heavy machinery burned by arsonists in southern Chile early on Friday, according to police and a truck owners association. In a statement following the attack, […]
Latin America
Maduro vows to attend Summit of the Americas despite not being welcome in Peru
CARACAS – Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, announced that he will attend the Summit of the Americas “at all costs” to bring “the truth of the country” at a press conference at the presidential palace in […]