Tag: Chile

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 22:59 UTC

  Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Peru shoppers, most promising for retail expansion

  

  Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Peru figure among the short list of top ranked developing countries for global retail expansion. In the 10th annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), elaborated by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney, Brazil jumped to first place from number 5 in last year’s study.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  The volcanic ash cloud could reach Buenos Aires city on Tuesday

  

  The ash cloud hovering above Argentine Northern Patagonia since Saturday after the eruption of the Puyehue volcano in the Chilean Andes may reach the city of Buenos Aires on Tuesday, experts assured.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 23:20 UTC

  Chile’s Concha y Toro CEO among the top ten “2011 Power List” of wine world

  

  Eduardo Guilisasti, CEO of Chile’s Concha y Toro winery, placed ninth on Decanter magazine’s recently released “2011 Power List.” The bi-annual ranking lists the 50 most influential people in the winemaking world based on their level of influence over consumer choice in wine. This year’s list elevated Guilisasti from his 2009 ranking as 13th.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 11:32 UTC

  Controversial dam project sees Piñera’s support plummet to a new low

  

  Public support for Chile’s conservative President Sebastián Piñera fell to a new low of 36%, according to an Adimark poll released Thursday, while outright rejection of Piñera’s government reached a record 56%.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:47 UTC

  Chile experiences employment growth, but how do you define a ‘job’?

  

  Chile’s unemployment rate has dropped from 8.6% to 7%, according to official government statistics released this week. The three regions most affected by the February 2010 earthquake were found to have generated 31% of the nearly half a million jobs created nationwide in the past 12 months.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 04:08 UTC

  Chilean volcano ashes reach Atlantic coast; all flights cancelled and schools closed

  

  Southern Chile's Puyehue volcano was calm Sunday, one day after raining down ash and forcing thousands to flee, although the cloud of ash it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as neighbouring Argentina and was heading to the Atlantic coast.

• Sunday, June 5th 2011 - 12:20 UTC

  South Chile volcano eruption prompts evacuation; covers Argentine province with ash

  

  Southern Chile's Puyehue volcano erupted on Saturday for the first time in half a century prompting evacuation orders for 3,500 people and turning into dark the Argentine Patagonian resort of San Carlos de Bariloche, 100 kilometres to the east as it was covered with ash.

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Chile’s capital survives driest May in 43 years: respiratory diseases outbreak

  

  As any Santiago de Chile resident could attest, it was all sun and no rain this past May, creating a hazardously dry environment and increasing already worrying levels of pollution.

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Punta Arenas included in Chile’s 285 million USD program to improve air travel

  

  In response to increased air traffic this past decade, the Ministry of Public Works has formed a plan to improve and expand the airports of Chile including Punta Arenas.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 03:54 UTC

  President Allende’s death “may not have been a suicide” suggests forensic expert

  

  Chile’s national television station TVN ran an investigative program on Monday night unveiling new evidence that former President Salvador Allende’s death may not have been a suicide, as previously believed