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Club for Chile's ex-Navy officers turns 80

Friday, 17 May 2013 13:28
Written by Olivia Page-Pollard
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Caleuche_11El Caleuche, the Santiago-based center for ex-Cadets and Navy officials, celebrates its eightieth anniversary this week. Situated on Avenida Pedro de Valdivia in the heart of Providencia, the headquarters provides a space in which retired veterans can reunite and reminisce with their former comrades. The club contains a restaurant, a full-service bar, lounges and a small museum containing relics from Chile’s Naval history. As a private club, el Caleuche serves solely former cadets and Navy officials.





By Olivia Page-Pollard (olivia@santiagotimes.cl)
Copyright 2013 - The Santiago Times

Chilean cult leader’s family blame mental illness, drugs and Satan

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:13
Written by Weiru Fang
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Family remembers cult leader Ramón Castillo as an animal lover and musician, blames drugs and religion for catalyzing sudden personality changes.

Leader of the now infamous cult “Antares de la Luz” Ramón Castillo may have suffered from delusion, but family members maintain that he was only a victim of circumstance.

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Temperatures plummet as Chilean capital records coldest day of year

Wednesday, 15 May 2013 11:46
Written by Olivia Page-Pollard
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Institute of Meteorology confirms minimum temperatures Wednesday will reach a record low of 32° F.

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Chile’s working mothers

Sunday, 12 May 2013 14:43
Written by Elizabeth Trovall
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Chile’s moms balance work and motherhood.

“My kids say that I am the best, and that is good enough for me,” says Vanina Rosenthal, journalist and creator of the blog, “Somos Malas Madres (We Are Bad Mothers).”

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Chilean cult members arrested and detained for sacrifice of baby

Friday, 26 April 2013 17:24
Written by Weiru Fang
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Chilean cult leader and instigator of the murder of a three-day-old burned alive in Colliguay still at large, believed to be in Peru.

Investigative Police (PDI) arrested four people Thursday and are looking for the remaining members of a cult that sacrificed a three-day-old last November in the Valparaíso Region.

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Chilean police arrest suspect for starting inferno in Valparaíso

Thursday, 25 April 2013 16:36
Written by Alicja Siekierska
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Charges of arson laid against 22-year-old suspect with history of mental illness, previously charged with manslaughter, after fire devastates port city. 

A 22-year old man will be charged with arson after admitting to starting a fire that ravaged the hills of Valparaíso on Tuesday, destroying 35 homes and displacing about 150 people.
 

Transgender man gives birth in Chile

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 18:48
Written by Elizabeth Trovall
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But problems may arise for northern Chile’s baby born of two fathers.

A transgender man in Chile’s northernmost city of Arica gave birth late last week. The birth marked the first recorded male pregnancy in Chile’s history.

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The week in pictures: April 14 - 21, 2013

Monday, 22 April 2013 16:22
Written by Editor
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A selection of photographs from Chile. Capturing stories that made the news — or slipped under the radar.


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The week in pictures: April 7 - 14, 2013

Monday, 15 April 2013 09:55
Written by Evan Lang
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Food poisoning in Chilean capital’s sushi restaurants on the rise

Wednesday, 10 April 2013 15:03
Written by Alicja Siekierska
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Health authority reports a 100 percent increase in disease outbreaks related to sushi consumption in 2013.

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The week in pictures: March 31 - April 7, 2013

Sunday, 07 April 2013 11:23
Written by Evan Lang
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