World mourns football legend Diego Maradona
BUENOS AIRES – Argentine football great Diego Maradona was buried at a cemetery in the Bella Vista residential area near Buenos Aires this week. This…
Chile
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…
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,…
Chile launches Covid-19 Plan at Minera Los Pelambres
Ben Anson/The Santiago Times Staff COQUIMBO – In the midst of an increase in infections throughout the different countries of the world, the undersecretary of…
Piñera announces vaccination plan for 14 million Chileans
SANTIAGO – Chile president Sebastián Piñera has announced how the vaccination plan will be in the South American country after the arrival of 6,000 doses…
Chilean doctor in London discovers a new method for detecting depression
BENJAMIN ANSON/THE SANTIAGO TIMES STAFF As heavy, incessant rains splattered upon the flimsy roof up above me in a rustic classroom from which I teach…
Minister’s resignation points to government crisis in Chile
The resignation of Interior Minister Victor Perez continues to be in Chile’s limelight, with analysts pointing to it as a result of a government crisis…