Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside of Endesa's Santiago headquarters Wednesday evening to protest the Spanish-Italian electricity company's plans to build a huge hydroelectric complex in Chilean Patagonia.
The reappearance of a man who was officially dead has shaken and outraged some in Chile which still mourns 1,196 other political prisoners who vanished in the hands of the 1973/1990 military dictatorship.
The United States, China, Japan and some emerging economy heavyweights will push for quick action on free trade deals at a summit meeting this weekend as an antidote to a looming recession in much of the world.