COVID-19: US embassy issues health alert as Chile surpasses 50,000 cases
SANTIAGO – The United States embassy in Santiago on Wednesday issued a health alert for its citizens after the government of Chile implemented measures to…
May 2020
Bolivian health minister arrested, fired over costly ventilators
LA PAZ – Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Anez has fired Health Minister Marcelo Navajas for his alleged role in a kickback scheme involving the purchase…
Desperate efforts to save indigenous people from Amazon rainforest tribes
BRASILIA – The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among the indigenous people in the furthest parts of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that doctors are now…
COVID-19: Chile expands quarantine to 42 communes
Mildred Caranto/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Authorities on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 quarantines to 42 communes of the Metropolitan Region and north of Chile…
Brazil jumps to fourth in COVID-19 cases worldwide
SAO PAULO – In the past two days, Brazil has recorded more than 800 new deaths and over 16,000 new cases from the novel coronavirus,…
Chile sends troops to contain hungry protesters in Santiago
SANTIAGO – Coronavirus cases keep soaring in Chile as soldiers are deployed to back up riot police in Santiago following clashes with demonstrators angry about…
In Pics: Peruvian migrants sleeping outside embassy in Santiago de Chile
Peruvian nationals, who came to neighbouring Chile in search of work, have found themselves in a very difficult situation due to the coronavirus crisis. The…
China allows citrus exports from Chile
SANTIAGO – China has opened its markets to receive all citrus fruits from Chile, the country’s Minister of Agriculture announced this week. It came after…
Costa Rica becomes 38th member of OECD
SAN JOSÉ – OECD countries unanimously decided last week to invite Costa Rica to become a member of the Organization. Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado…
LATAM lays off 1,400 workers in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
SANTIAGO – LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline conglomerate in Latin America, has announced it is laying off as many as 1,400 employees from offices…