931 detained in Chile for not respecting COVID-19 curfew
SANTIAGO – Carabineros de Chile reported Sunday that 931 people were detained nationwide for not respecting the curfew. The police report lists 823 offenders in…
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Ensuring Biodiversity Now will Prevent Pandemics Later
By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS – A future repetition of the current COVID-19 pandemic is preventable with massive cooperation on international and local levels and by…
Chile accelerates delivery of food baskets as COVID-19 cases approach 95,000
Ross Brown/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile’s Ministry of Health on Saturday reported a total of 4,220 new daily cases in the last 24…
IMF approves US$23.93 billion credit line for Chile
SANTIAGO – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved a two-year $24 billion for Chile under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) as the South…
Neighbourhood Tales to live-stream all performances from Primrose Hill and surrounding areas
• Mimi Fuenzalida and team have been capturing different types of performances from local community members to raise funds for charity • All performances, along…
Turning the Corner Just in Time
Marcelo Montecinos/The Santiago Times Staff As 1,421 people violated curfew and quarantine laws in the last 24 hours in Chile, the number of worldwide active…
Chile to transfer lockdown violators to sanitary residences, ‘even with public force’
SANTIAGO – Chile’s Health Minister Jaime Mañalich on Friday complained that “the monitoring of quarantine measures is not being satisfactory” in the country, adding that…
Chile reaches new peak of deaths from coronavirus
SANTIAGO – Chile has extended the quarantine measures to counteract the spread of COVID-19 in the capital Santiago and the metropolitan area for another week…
COVID-9: Chile extends lockdown in 41 communes for another week
SANTIAGO – The quarantine measures to counteract the spread of COVID-19 in Chile have been extended for another week as the total number of coronavirus…
Black Death and Coronavirus: a brief general comparison
Gonzalo Díaz Ponce The Black Death (or Bubonic plague) devastated Europe between 1347 and 1351, and it killed more lives than any war or other…