Chile Proposes Bills To Resolve Mapuche Hunger Strike

The body of a woman who disappeared during the 1973 military coup in Chile has been identified as Mónica Benaroyo Pencu, a Uruguayan professor of philosophy and translator.

The body was found in 2008 in army territory in Arica, a city in northern Chile, but was never identified until now. Legal Medical Service Director Patricio Bustos confirmed Monday that the mummified remains belonged to Benaroyo, who had been a victim of the repression after Chile’s 9/11/73 military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet.  Pinochet, with help from U.S. President Richard Nixon and the CIA, overthrew democratically elected Socialist President Salvador Allende.

New solar panels that move in sync with the sun have recently been built in La Tirana in northern Chile.  They harvest 40 percent more energy than conventional, static solar panels. 

The 10 solar panels, the first of their kind in Chile, are attached to a water pump to provide irrigation water for nearby farms.  The well is 27 meters deep and pumps four cubic meters an hour.  The project cost about US$450,000 and is expected to run for 20 years.

Voice concerns about transportation costs

A large number of Santiago high school students were not in class Wednesday morning. Instead, they were marching toward Santiago’s central plaza, waving banners and beating drums, to protest changes in student public transportation fees.