Government Limits Dam Development in Chile’s Southern River Basins
Timid effort to promote ecotourism will affect less than one percent of water basins in southern Chile and could be rescinded by incoming Piñera go...
Timid effort to promote ecotourism will affect less than one percent of water basins in southern Chile and could be rescinded by incoming Piñera go...
President-elect Sebastián Piñera visited the home of President Michelle Bachelet...
Sebastian Piñera made his first connection with the U.S. this week, as the official,...
As violence continues in Mapuche territory Acting Interior Minister Patricio...
With less than two months left in office, President Michelle Bachelet continues to...
Retiring President adds another role which will define her post-presidential period...
Timid effort to promote ecotourism will affect less than one percent of water basins...
Supreme Court will investigate 1,300 unsolved cases One of Chile’s Supreme Court...
Effort seeks to de-link defense spending from economic fortunes of Codelco President...
Benjamín continues to be the top choice for baby names in Chile, with 7,289 babies...
While search continues for other eight missing passengers of Soledad II Mourners...
Prices escalate from US$923 per kilo to US$2,769 per kilo due to shortage after police...
Eco-Tourism buys Yerba Loca Nature Santuary Eco-tourism company Latitud 90 is finalizing...
The U.S. dollar increased to an exchange rate of CP $538 on Wednesday, the highest...
Overall consumption decreased in 2009 Ostrich was the only winner in the Chilean...
But two out of three Chileans feel under-appreciated by their boss A recent study...
World Number 11 Gonzalez hopes to seal third consecutive title Chile’s best tennis...
A report released this week by Chile’s General Comptroller’s Office criticizes...
A special twist to this year’s Chiloé yacht regatta includes a yacht completely...
Gonzalez loses to world number 7, Andy Roddick Chilean tennis star and world number...
For the first time ever the FIFA World Cup trophy will be displayed in Chile, but...
The U.S. government is getting away with murder: just call a U.S. citizen a terrorist...
Things are not looking that good on the human rights front in Honduras By Jeremy...
Economic terrorism is growing in the U.S. and the political right is to blame By...
An extract from Doug Copp’s article on the “Triangle of Life” (Ed. Note: ...
Well-intentioned environmentalists need to know the difference By Bernd Heinrich...
| Chile Prosecutes Ex-Secret Police Head For Torture |
Judge Alejandro Solis this week indicted six former secret police operatives for torturing Sergio Aguiló Melo in 1981. |
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| Chile Approves US$52 Million Glacier Study |
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Scientists hope investigation will lead to national strategy to protect glaciers Chilean scientists were given the green light this week by the government’s water authority (DGA) to launch a US$52 million research project aimed at documenting the nation’s glaciers. Scientists from the center for scientific study and investigation (CECS) in Valdivia (Region XIV) will study the effects of global warming on the country’s glaciers, with the goal of creating a national strategy to prevent the permanent loss of these valuable water resources. |
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| Students From Chillan Win Chile Journalism Contest |
Ten students from Chillan’s Santa María high school (Region VIII) won first place in a student journalism contest sponsored by El Mercurio. The students won the contest for their online newspaper, “Turning the Page.” |
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