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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 Memoir”. The library has been open since Monday as the […]
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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 government, threatening to take the issue to the Constitutional Court. […]
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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, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru threatened measures “to prevent, discourage and […]
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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 Mining, Iván Cheuquelaf, launched the Covid-19 Plan – a control […]
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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 of vaccines from the Sinovac laboratory was confirmed on Wednesday, […]
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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 English to 6th grade in a bilingual school in western […]
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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 that continues without a solution and is getting worse. Perez […]
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Chile, Peru green-light AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trials
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Wednesday the country’s health regulator had given the go-ahead for clinical trials of AstraZeneca PLC’s COVID-19 vaccine. Pinera said the AstraZeneca trial would follow one by America’s Johnson & […]
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Chile focuses on green hydrogen industry
Santiago – Affected by serious pollution due to coal use to generate electricity, Chile is currently seeking a new strategy to become a power in generating the so-called ‘green hydrogen’. At the inauguration of the […]
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Chile’s unemployment rate reaches 12.3 percent in the third quarter
Chile’s unemployment rate reached 12.3 percent in the July-September quarter, growing by 5.0 percent in 12 months, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported on Friday. INE’s data, collected in its National Employment Poll, indicate […]