Tag: Chile

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 13:41 UTC

  Chile approves massive coal mining project in extreme south Patagonia

  

  The controversial Isla Riesco coal-mining project in the extreme south of Chile took another step forward last Friday when a high-level government commission gave final approval to the first of five mines, Mina Invierno.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Santiago mayor suggests military may be necessary to contain Chilean students’ violence

  

  Over the weekend, Santiago Mayor Conservative Pablo Zalaquett made it clear that if the violence and destruction associated with student protests continues to escalate, intervention of Chile’s Armed Forces may be necessary.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 23:51 UTC

  Chilean students organizing new demonstrations to protest education system

  

  Clashes between Chilean students and police continued in the capital Santiago, while government bureaucrats meet with student leaders to negotiate an end to the unrest which has rocked the capital for weeks.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 06:27 UTC

  Snow storms in Magallanes have left 300.000 sheep and 9.200 cattle at risk

  

  Almost 300.000 sheep and 9.200 cattle are exposed to serious life risk following heavy snow storms which covered the Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile with a white blanket anywhere between 70 and 150 centimetres thick.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 18:03 UTC

  Chilean students with unions support announce a new round of demonstrations

  

  Chilean students organization with the support of unions have announced a new round of demonstrations while the conservative government of President Sebastián Piñera reported on Wednesday the arrest of over 400 hundred protesters as violence erupted on the streets of Chile's capital along with other cities, during marches demanding changes in public education.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 01:10 UTC

  President Piñera loosing the education reform battle with Chilean students

  

  Chilean riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Tuesday to disperse violent protesters of an originally peaceful student demonstration that turned wild in the capital Santiago. Police said 273 protestors were detained and 23 police officers injured.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Chile’s Piñera approval rating plummets to the lowest of any president since 1990

  

  Early last week The Santiago Times reported that approval of President Sebastián Piñera had plummeted, according to a government evaluation survey by one of Chile’s leading polling firms, Adimark.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:45 UTC

  Chile’s protests for education reform trigger acrimonious political debate

  

  Following one of the most violent marches yet in the citizens’ movement for education reform, Chilean former and current government officials are sounding off against President Sebastián Piñera’s administration and its handling of the ongoing demands for national education reform.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 04:48 UTC

  Chilean Patagonia districts in ‘agriculture emergency’ because of snow storms

  

  Four districts in the Chilean extreme south region of Magallanes were declared in “agricultural emergency” given the harmful effects of snow storms in the area.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:01 UTC

  Chaos in Chile’s main cities as police clash with protesting students: 550 arrests

  

  More than 550 people were arrested and 31 wounded in cities across Chile Thursday when police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse student protesters calling for education reforms.