Chile Abroad

Navy confirms presence of one submarine while local media reports claim two may have been detected, including a nuclear-powered US vessel.

In a statement released Thursday, the Chilean Navy confirmed that a squadron performing exercises detected a foreign submarine off the coast of Antofagasta on May 14. The Navy said that the submarine came close to entering the Andean nation’s territorial waters, and was tracked by the squadron until it left the area.

Piñera addresses Chile’s regional integration and confrontation with its neighbors in the international arena in his May 21 address.

As President Sebastián Piñera stood before his countrymen giving his May 21 address, it came as no surprise that Chile’s growing place among the world’s developed economies and the Andean nation’s ongoing dispute with its neighbor Bolivia, were among the major talking points.

Chilean ambassador accuses foreign media of mischaracterizing government role in plans to export freshwater run-off from Patagonian ice field to Middle East.

A Middle Eastern newspaper caused a storm of controversy in Chile this week after publishing an article stating that Qatar would import water extracted from melting glaciers in Patagonia.

President Piñera selects Milenko Skoknic for Buenos Aires post.
 
Milenko Skoknic, who has held diplomatic positions in Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia, was appointed as Chile’s new ambassador to Buenos Aires on Thursday. Skoknic has led a distinguished 33-year career in the Chilean civil service that has seen him garner such honors as a Diplomatic Merit Medal and the distinction of Commander in the Order of Saint Gregory the Great, awarded by the Holy See.
 
The six-man crew of a Danish cargo ship held hostage for more than two years finally released Tuesday.

Shortly after Jan. 12, 2011, the families of the six men working aboard the W/V Leopard received horrible news — their loved ones had been taken by Somali pirates. For more than two long, agonizing years, they waited for any news about the sailors’ possible release. As of Tuesday, their prayers have been answered. The men are coming home.

Though none of 24 runners from Chile injured after explosions rock Boston Marathon.

Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon left three dead and more than 176 injured, some seriously, in a devastating attack in the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Documents released by Wikileaks show Catholic Church dismissed criticism of Chile’s military dictatorship  as ‘communist propaganda.´

The Catholic Church originally labeled accusations of human rights abuses by the military junta in Chile as “leftist lies,” only revising their stance later as widespread governmental violence became undeniable.

The ‘Iron Lady’ maintained a close relationship with the Chilean dictator following his 17-year reign.

Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of Britain who adamantly defended and praised her friend, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for “bringing democracy to Chile,” died following a stroke on Monday. She was 87.
 
Olga Weisfeiler returned to Chile to continue her search for the truth about her brother’s disappearance during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Boris Weisfeiler is the only U.S. citizen on the list of “disappeared” from the Pinochet dictatorship. Now, with a criminal case underway, his sister is back in Chile, hoping the truth is within reach, and has asked the new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for help.

Ongoing hostility with Bolivia flares Saturday as Chile’s landlocked neighbor celebrates ‘Day of the Sea.’                                          
   
Saturday marked Bolivia’s annual “Día del Mar” (Day of the Sea) celebration commemorating the day the country lost its coastline to Chile—and keeping the fight alive to gain it back.
 
Sen. Eugenio Tuma labels President Obama’s visit "opportunistic."

Continuing a longstanding history of Palestinian support, Sen. Eugenio Tuma has accused U.S. President Barack Obama of legitimizing Israeli aggression with his three-day visit to the troubled region, which began Wednesday.

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