Ali Dashti, Author at The Santiago Times

‘Adriana’s Pact’: No justice in Chile for victims of Pinochet’s dictatorship

September 16, 2018 Ali Dashti

MADRID – Chilean filmmaker Lissette Orozco, who has made a name for herself in the international documentary film industry with Adriana’s Pact (2017), a film about her aunt, Adriana Elcira Rivas González, one of the […]

Chile marks Victor Jara’s 45th assassination anniversary

September 16, 2018 Ali Dashti

SANTIAGO – A thousand guitar players and hundreds of other musicians and fans will pay homage to the assassinated Chilean singer-songwriter, Víctor Jara, who was tortured and killed on this day (16 September 1973) by […]

Colo Colo, the first Chilean club to be judged by VAR

September 3, 2018 Ali Dashti

SANTIAGO – Colo Colo will be the first Chilean football club that will play under the VAR system when it clashes with the Brazilian Palmeiras during the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals on September 20. This will […]

Chile sends SOS to WHO after massive intoxication in Valparaíso region

September 2, 2018 Ali Dashti

SANTIAGO – Chile’s Health Ministry has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to help install a monitoring system that identifies and gauges industrial emissions in the heavily contaminated Quintero and Puchuncaví regions. “We are prepared […]

Chile Catholic church abuse cases tripled in only one month

September 2, 2018 Ali Dashti

SANTIAGO – The number of sexual abuse cases, involving Chilean church officials, has tripled since July with 119 open investigations underway in the Prosecutor’s Office. The Sexual Crimes Unit of the country’s Prosecutor’s Office has […]

The first left-leaning Mexican parliament inaugurated

September 1, 2018 Ali Dashti

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s new parliament ushers in a new left-wing political era following the 1st July presidential election in which Andres Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO for his initials, won the majority […]

Brazil bars Lula da Silva from October presidential elections

September 1, 2018 Ali Dashti

BRASILIA – Brazil’s top electoral court has prohibited that the jailed former president Lula Inácio da Silva stand for the upcoming 7th October presidential elections over corruption charges leveled against him. Six judges voted against […]

Trump leaves Canada out in new bilateral trade deal with Mexico

August 27, 2018 Ali Dashti

Ali Dashti/The Santiago Times Staff WASHINGTON – United States President Donald Trump has announced that his country has reached a preliminary bilateral trade deal with Mexico to replace the existing trilateral North American Free Trade […]

Bolivia reacts to joint Chile-US exercises in northern Antofagasta

August 26, 2018 Ali Dashti

Ali Dashti/The Santiago Times Staff LA PAZ – Bolivia has denounced the ongoing war games between the Chilean and the U.S. forces in the deserts of the north Chile close to the Antofagasta port city. […]

Yellow alert in central Chile after massive chemical gas leak; Piñera urges “investigation”

August 26, 2018 Ali Dashti

SANTIAGO – Two cities in Chile’s central Valparaiso region are on yellow alert after 250 people were intoxicated by the leak of several chemical gases that have allegedly originated from several companies in the area, […]