Tag: Chile

• 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.

• Friday, July 8th 2011 - 21:14 UTC

  Chilean justice reopens 1973 bombing of the Presidential palace

  

  Retired Chilean Air Force head Fernando Matthei denied this week any knowledge of the identities of the pilots involved in the air strike that helped solidify the 1973 military coup d’etat and subsequent 17-year dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

• Friday, July 8th 2011 - 20:25 UTC

  Decanter magazine highlights Chile as “wine producing paradise”

  

  The latest issue of U.K.-based Decanter magazine focused on the growing wine culture in Chile, a country it deemed a “grape growing and wine producing paradise” due its geographical diversity.

• Friday, July 8th 2011 - 15:05 UTC

  Punta Arenas fans charter DAP plane to support Chile in match against Uruguay

  

  Early Friday morning a DAP aircraft with over fifty passengers left Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, on a chartered flight for Santiago and then Mendoza, Argentina to be present at this evening’s Chile-Uruguay match for the Copa America.

• Friday, July 8th 2011 - 01:16 UTC

  Chilean president record disapproval on undelivered promise of education reform

  

  In the aftermath of the rescue of the 33 miners trapped in the San José Mine outside Copiapó, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera’s approval rating hit its highest mark in his short term as the Andean nation’s leader at 63%.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:18 UTC

  Chile’s Piñera tries to appease student protests: 4 billion USD for higher education

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, beset by mass student protests over education standards and costs which are threatening his legislative agenda, proposed a 4 billion US dollars fund for higher education.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 05:49 UTC

  Argentina/Chile agree to jointly promote receptive tourism in far distant markets

  

  Argentina and Chile have reached an understanding to join efforts in promoting receptive tourism in far distant overseas markets. The document was signed last week by Chile’s Deputy Secretary for Tourism Jacqueline Plass and the Argentine Tourism minister Enrique Meyer at the Argentina embassy in Santiago de Chile.

• Sunday, July 3rd 2011 - 11:42 UTC

  Biosphere reserve in Chilean Patagonia gives hope for preservation of the huemul

  

  The United Nations added 18 new sites to its global list of biosphere reserves, (including one in Chilean Patagonia) bringing the total to 581 in 114 different countries, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2011 - 05:28 UTC

  London and Chilean stock exchanges are in the process of integration

  

  Finance Minister Felipe Larraín advanced efforts to integrate the Chilean and London stock exchanges during a recent visit to the United Kingdom. A delegation of government officials and business leaders accompanied the minister on his trip to promote foreign investment in Chile.

• Friday, July 1st 2011 - 12:51 UTC

  Argentina is promoting the idea of an OPEC-like for lithium

  

  Argentina is promoting the idea of an OPEC-like cartel for itself, Bolivia and Chile, which together control 85% of the world's reserves of lithium, a key component in electric car batteries.