Peru’s interim president Merino resigns after massive protests
LIMA – Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, has resigned less than a week into his new administration, after a night of protests calling for his…
COVID-19: 34% of reported cases are asymptomatic at the national level
Carlos Colomer/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, highlighted that according to the COVID-19 report of last November 7, “1,568…
Waiting for a conviction after 18 years of the murder of young Mapuche Alex Lemun
Carlos Colomer/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – On November 7, 2002, the then Major of the Carabineros, Marco Aurelio Treuer Heysende, in charge of the…
Letter to Editor: Strange Civic Disobedience
Dennis Fitzgerald Today I went to the library to pick up a book, the John Bolton book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House…
New Chilean government-opposition friction between over pension funds
The Chamber of Deputies of Chile will debate on the second withdrawal of pension funds that heralds a new clash between the legislature and the…
Humpback whales are back in South Georgia, after almost extinction a century ago
A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial…
Biden pleads US folks to wear masks and names Covid-19 scientific task force
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday made an urgent plea for Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus, declaring that “a mask…
Report from cyberbullying expert identifies ‘negligence’ towards student’s wellbeing at Institut Le Rosey
Dr Sameer Hinduja A report issued by Dr Hinduja of the Cyberbullying Research Center examines the failings at the world’s most expensive school, Le Rosey,…
Biden beats Trump to become next President, projects American media
WASHINGTON – Four days after a bitterly contested presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, America on Saturday still awaited definitive results, with the…
Chile, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador join forces to combat illegal fishing
SANTIAGO – Four South American countries joined forces this week in a bid to combat illegal fishing by huge Chinese fleets off their coasts. Chile,…