Tag: Chile

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 07:01 UTC

  Chile’s tsunami victims protest violently demanding government honours aid promises

  

  Residents of Dichato, Chile, capped off a week of demonstrations with violent protests to demand the government revamp assistance efforts for victims of the tsunami that devastated the area in February 2010.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 06:39 UTC

  Beware winter travellers: Chile’s airline overbooking “is permitted and habitual practice”

  

  If you’re planning to take a flight around Chile this winter, you may want to get to the airport early. Otherwise, you may discover that the airline overbooked your flight and there are no seats left.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 23:18 UTC

  End of story: family confirms Chile’s former leader Allende committed suicide in 1973

  

  Experts examining the remains of former Chilean leader Salvador Allende ruled out murder in the Marxist president's 1973 death, concluding that he committed suicide as soldiers involved in a coup burst into the presidential palace, the late leader's daughter said Tuesday.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 17:20 UTC

  New alternative route to Antarctica in Chile to cut fuel and sailing hours

  

  A new alternative commercial route to Antarctica from the Chilean city of Punta Arenas avoiding the Beagle Channel and saving several hours sailing has been opened by the Chilean navy with the establishment of a state of the art lighthouse.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 01:26 UTC

  Chilean rescued miners file 16 million dollars compensation lawsuit

  

  Thirty-one of the 33 Chilean miners rescued last year from the bottom of the San José mine filed a lawsuit late last week against the government agency that was supposed to have monitored the safety of the mine. The 33 miners were miraculously rescues after surviving nearly two months underground.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 01:09 UTC

  Chilean president Piñera reshuffles cabinet to overcome plummeting approval figures

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera performed a major shake up on his cabinet Monday, reshuffling several key ministers amid plummeting approval figures. Piñera approval rating recently fell to a low at 31% in part to due ongoing protests as students seek broad reforms to the nation's education system.

• Saturday, July 16th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  Chilean central bank leaves benchmark rate unchanged at 5.25%

  

  The Chilean central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged this week for the first time since January as signs of slower growth abroad and a moderation in domestic output and demand provided space to delay additional increases.

• Friday, July 15th 2011 - 13:36 UTC

  Charges against 18 executives and British auditor in major Chilean retail scandal

  

  The Chilean Securities and Insurance Supervisor (SVS) announced on Wednesday that it would be pressing charges against more than a dozen executives at Chilean retail giant La Polar.

• Friday, July 15th 2011 - 06:18 UTC

  March for education reform in Santiago de Chile turns violent with 62 arrests

  

  A haze of tear gas floated through the air, blending in with Santiago’s smog as the Chilean flag atop La Moneda sat in solitude with an occasional breeze. Lemon halves littered the streets as flying glass bottles shattered on the concrete.

• Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:22 UTC

  Bolivia gets involved in Chile/Peru ongoing maritime dispute

  

  International relations between Chile and Bolivia are tense and could worsen, considering the impact of a Monday press release from Bolivia’s Ministry of Foreign Relations.