SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera presented on Monday the new Mobile Surveillance System in Chile’s Metropolitan Region, which through the use of drones and cameras seeks to combat crime and help in the coordination of […]
SANTIAGO – A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit north-central Chile on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at a depth of 53 kilometers (32 miles) with an epicenter some 15 kilometers southwest of […]
SANTIAGO – The National Emergency Office of the Ministry of the Interior of Chile (Onemi) has established a red alert in several communes (municipalities) following the activation of forest fires in the central region of […]
SANTIAGO – Australia’s Pacific Hydro has boosted its plans for a Latin America-wide expansion of renewable energy projects after bringing online its first Chilean wind farm on Friday. The 32 turbines of the Punta Sierra […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday inaugurated the 100-MW El Pelicano solar power plant, which will supply electricity to the capital’s subway system, Metro de Santiago. The photovoltaic (PV) facility will cover about […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s interior ministry has decided to reactivate a measure that declared the entire Coquimbo region (IV) and 14 municipalities of Valparaíso region. The lack of water led to the reactivation of the measure […]
SANTIAGO – Explorers have found the remains of the steamship Itata, dubbed as the “Chilean Titanic,” which sank 95 years ago off the South American country’s northern Pacific coast. The ship sank in 1922 with […]
LA SERENA – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet cut the ribbon on a new hospital in the Salamanca municipality, in Coquimbo region (IV), and the new dependencies of an educational establishment in the commune of Canela […]
SANTIAGO – Chile is holding the 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress, IMPAC4, which will be held in La Serena, Coquimbo. Thousands of delegates from 80 nations and the attendance of international personalities such as […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean government has shown its strong will to protect sea life, including endangered penguins by rejecting plans for a US$2.5 billion mining project after it failed to provide sufficient environmental guarantees. Andes […]
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