Haiti: Soccer chief accused of sexual assault
NEW YORK – Haitian law enforcement should effectively investigate serious allegations of sexual assault against the president of the Fédération Haïtienne De Football (FHF), and…
May 2020
The Mega Earthquake That Still Baffles Scientists Worldwide
Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff The earth moved like never before for eight minutes. At 15:11 on the 22 of May of 1960, a gigantic…
Chile reports 630 COVID-19 deaths; 61,857 cases of infection
SANTIAGO – Chilean authorities have detected 4,276 new cases of COVID-19 infection and 41 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest…
WATCH | Pakistan International Airlines plane crashes in Karachi
Khawaja Dawood/The Santiago Times Special Correspondent LAHORE – A passenger plane with nearly 100 people on board crashed in a crowded neighbourhood on the edge…
People line up to pawn or sell their jewelry in Arica
Ross Brown & Larisa Zinder/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The mayor of Arica, Gerardo Espíndola, on Wednesday expressed his concerns about despair and uncertainty…
Brazil: Amazon Penalties Suspended Since October
São Paulo – Fines for illegal logging in the Amazon in Brazil have been effectively suspended since October 2019 under a Bolsonaro administration decree, Human…
Coronavirus cases soar above 57,000 in Chile
SANTIAGO – The total number of coronavirus-related cases in Chile rose to 57,581 on Wednesday, according to the government data, with 589 fatalities and 23,992…
Sars-CoV-2 has a monopoly in Chile
Marcelo Montecinos SANTIAGO – Health minister Jaime Mañalich was on live television earlier this week, telling Chileans that all respiratory infections would now be classified…
Catad’Or Celebrates 25 Years!
SANTIAGO – This year marks the 25th edition of the Catad’Or Wine Awards, and for the first time in its long history, the concourse will…
Falklands resumes public transport between the Islands
STANLEY – The Falkland Islands government has begun lifting restrictions on internal flights and the ferry service that links the two main islands of the…