Chile’s Bachelet Urges Return Of Looted Goods

TV charity promotion event  hopes to raise US$29 million

In response to Saturday’s earthquake, Chile’s government along with other non-governmental organizations hasdecided to hold a 24-hour telethon beginning today, March 5, at 10 pm on Channel 13.

Earlier this week, President Michelle Bachelet asked the Teletón, Hogar de Cristo, and Un Techo para Chile to organize a campaign to raise money for earthquake victims.

Rules that work on a local hydro project lowered property values

Chile’s Supreme Court this week confirmed that electric company Empresa Electrica Aysen SA (Edelaysen) must pay US$30,000 in damages because the company’s dam construction has diminished the aesthetic value of a local owner’s property.

The property, situated about 30 miles from Coyahique, is part of a peninsula, but would be on an island as a result of flooding the land.

A study by conservative think-tank El Instituto Libertad y Desarollo found that over half the students receiving substantial grants to do graduate work at foreign universities are capable of paying for their education by themselves. 

“Chilean scholarships were created to improve the quality of our students without economic prerequisites, but the money is mostly going to people with economic power and who don’t need state funding,” said study author Pablo Eguiguren.