Tag: Chile

Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 01:16 UTC
Chile, Colombia, Peru equity markets integration on track is spite of crises

The difficult international situation has not affected the equity markets integration process of Colombia, Chile and Peru, said the president of Colombia’s Stock Exchange, Juan Pablo Córdoba.
Monday, September 5th 2011 - 05:56 UTC
Two-day national mourning in Chile for the victims of the plane crash at sea

Chile on Sunday declared two days of national mourning after rescuers gave up hope for 21 people believed killed when an air force plane crashed off Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe) Island in the Pacific.
Monday, September 5th 2011 - 03:05 UTC
Chilean students will assess Piñera road map for education reform before next meeting

Chile's student organizations are waiting for the road map promised for Monday by government authorities following Saturday’s meeting with President Sebastian Piñera for nearly four hours in the government palace.
Sunday, September 4th 2011 - 00:36 UTC
Chile's Juan Fernadez plane crash, four bodies found

After the first four bodies were salvaged from the Chilean aircraft and new parts of the fuselage were found, near Juan Fernández islands, Mayor Leopoldo González deemed it impossible that there are any survivors to the accident. “The plane is 26 metres below the sea,” he explaine.
Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:58 UTC
Chilean military plane with 21 people crashes near Juan Fernandez Island

A military plane with 21 people aboard went missing off Chile's Pacific coast near the Juan Fernandez Islands, authorities said on Friday.
Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:55 UTC
Chile’s top cop steps down following disclosure of cover-up operation

Chile’s Carabineros police force General Director Eduardo Gordon resigned his position Friday morning following an exposé by investigative journalism website CIPER that alleged Gordon had covered up his son’s involvement in a hit-and-run accident in July of last year.
Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 03:32 UTC
Iconic Chilean student leader meets Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff

Before the planned meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera next Saturday, Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Brasília on Wednesday to discuss the problems facing the Brazilian and Chilean higher education systems.
Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 02:00 UTC
Chile will support Palestine state in UN vote but abstains from boundaries controversy

Chile will support the recognition of Palestine as a state in the event Palestine applies for admission during the upcoming U.N. General Assembly in late September, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno, who met with 15 Congress members earlier this week.
Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 01:55 UTC
Piñera to address Chilean students’ demands on Saturday in Government House

After much deliberation, Chilean Education Minister Felipe Bulnes agreed to meet with student leaders this Saturday, Sept. 3, to discuss their demands. The meeting is to take place in the La Moneda presidential palace, and will be hosted by President Sebastián Piñera himself.
Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 02:11 UTC
Chile’s oil corporation to drill ten exploratory wells in Magallanes region

ENAP, Chile’s national oil and gas corporation announced it will invest 30 million dollars in drilling ten exploratory wells in Magallanes province, extreme south Patgonia and where the country’s main hydrocarbons resources are located.