How Chile became an unlikely winner in the Covid-19 vaccine race
By Veronica Díaz-Cerda At first glance, it may seem that the race to acquire COVID-19 vaccines has been won by western nations. But alongside the…
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#K2Winter2021: Missing mountaineer not found after three days of searching
Nek Amal Utmani The Santiago Times Correspondent ISLAMABAD – Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara and his two foreign companions, John Pablo Moher and John Snorri,…
Chile to expel more than 100 illegal immigrants as border crisis grows
Chile will expel more than one hundred Colombian and Venezuelan migrants who entered the South American nation across its remote northern border, the interior minister…
“Hope” in Martian orbit becomes the first Arab interplanetary mission
After seven months, the Hope craft launched by the United Arab Emirates has successfully entered the orbit of Mars. Next up are China’s Tianwen-1 and…
Chile advances in the development of new varieties of table grapes
The Asoex Fruit Technology Consortium is making progress in obtaining its first 3 varieties of grapes, 100% developed in Chile. “Our Consortium has been working…
Chile leads Latin America vaccine charge as it hits millionth jab
Chile hit the one million mark in COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday, putting the small but wealthy Andean nation at the forefront of the region’s inoculation…
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…
Peru’s interim president Merino resigns after massive protests
LIMA – Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, has resigned less than a week into his new administration, after a night of protests calling for his…
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…