National
Greenpeace launches campaign to create ‘largest protected area on Earth’
SANTIAGO – The environmental organization, Greenpeace, has boosted a campaign to create the largest marine protected area in the world, 1.8 million square kilometers, in Antarctica. In a press release issued yesterday, Greenpeace said that […]
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Ex Chilean Junta member Fernando Matthei dies at 92
SANTIAGO – Chile’s ex commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Fernando Matthei Aubel died on Sunday at the age of 92. Mattheri, a member of the Military Junta with which Augusto Pinochet governed from 1973 to […]
Latin America
794-pound emerald found in Brazil
BRASILIA – Miners have found a 4.3-foot (1.3-meter) tall emerald weighing more than 790 pounds in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia. The precious stone was found about 20 days ago by miners of the Bahia […]