Brazil: Bolsonaro signs decree making it easier to purchase guns
BRASILIA – This week Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree that will temporarily make it easier for Brazilians to buy guns, despite fears the move…
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Cruise vessels allowed to operate along smaller Chilean ports
SANTIAGO – Chilean cruise operators and travel agencies have praised a bill approved by Congress, the Coastal traffic law, which allows cruise vessels with a…
UK transport minister in Chile to boost trade ties
SANTIAGO – Jesse Norman MP, the UK Minister of State for Transport, visited Chile last week focusing on strengthening the UK-Chile relations in areas of…
Paraguay cuts diplomatic ties with Venezuela; Peru recalls envoy over Maduro inauguration
ASUNCIÓN/LIMA – Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez has announced that his country will not recognize Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela’s elected president. Benitez said the country…
Chile does not recognize Maduro’s new presidential term: Piñera
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has said his government does not recognize the legitimacy of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. “The Chilean government does…
9 killed, 11 injured in Chile road crash (VIDEO)
SANTIAGO – At least nine people, including an infant, were killed and another 11 sustained injuries after three vehicles crashed in southern Chile’s Lake District….
Chile confirms first hantavirus case in 2019
SANTIAGO – The Seremi de Salud de Los Lagos has confirmed this year’s first case of infection by hantavirus in the Chilean region. The patient,…
Chile: 5 injured in Transantiago bus stop blast (VIDEO)
SANTIAGO – An explosion in the heart of Chilean capital has left five people injured, according to government officials. According to the first information from…
Zoo workers rescue puma in Santiago de Chile (VIDEO)
SANTIAGO – Workers of the Chilean National Zoo (Zoológico Nacional de Chile) yesterday rescued a puma in the capital, Santiago, after it spent at least…
Chile wildfires: Red warning puts Valparaíso, O’Higgins on high alert
SANTIAGO – The National Emergency Office of the Ministry of the Interior of Chile (Onemi) has established a red alert in several communes (municipalities) following…