Tag: Chile

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 19:27 UTC

  Chilean government says trapped miners could be out by mid-October

  

  While rescuers have insisted that the 33 Chilean trapped miners at San Jose mine will be evacuated in early November, the government has suggested that the rescue will most likely be as early as mid-October.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Plans to farm Patagonian toothfish in the extreme south of Chile

  

  The University of Magallanes in the extreme south of Chile have developed an innovative project to start farming Patagonian toothfish or Chilean sea bass (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the region.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 02:04 UTC

  Argentina takes its time before deciding what to do with Chilean guerrilla

  

  Alleged Chilean terrorist Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is to remain free while the Argentine government decides whether or not he will be extradited to Chile or if he will be granted political asylum.

• Monday, September 20th 2010 - 02:15 UTC

  Disagreement over terrorist extradition could sour Chile/Argentine relations

  

  After a lack of agreement in Chile over the extradition of ex guerrilla member Sergio Apablaza, Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that the meeting held with President Sebastián Piñera was an “excellent” one, during declarations made to seemingly minimize the situation.

• Friday, September 17th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Successful testing of ninth out of ten oil-wells in extreme south of Chile

  

  Latin American oil and gas firm GeoPark Holdings Ltd said on Thursday it successfully drilled and tested a new well in the Guanaco oil field on the Fell Block in the extreme south of Chile.

• Thursday, September 16th 2010 - 21:25 UTC

  Distribution of land deeds among locals defuses conflict in Chile’s Easter Island

  

  Chile’s Interior Ministry Undersecretary Rodrigo Ubilla announced this week that more than 30 Easter Island title deeds will be delivered to Rapa Nui families within the next 60 days.

• Thursday, September 16th 2010 - 05:10 UTC

  Chile’s first Antarctic base declared National Historical Monument

  

  Chile’s National Monuments Council has unanimously declared Chile’s Arturo Prat research base naval in Antarctica a National Historical Monument. Their decision was based on the historic strategic value of the base and its functional construction for extreme weather conditions.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 23:22 UTC

  Chile’s Bicentennial naval review to be the largest in the country’s history

  

  Many of the celebrations planned for Chile’s bicentennial are meant to mimic the centennial celebrations, such as President Sebastián Pinera’s recreation of a dinner with foreign ambassadors in Chile.

• Monday, September 13th 2010 - 18:26 UTC

  Protest intensifies in support of Mapuches held under law from Pinochet time

  

  Four Chilean deputies were forcefully removed last week from a jail where hunger striking indigenous Mapuche prisoners are being held. The deputies had announced they too would join the strike.

• Sunday, September 12th 2010 - 07:06 UTC

  Salmon industry in Magallanes planning to boost output to 80.000 tons by 2020

  

  Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile should see farmed-salmon production jump from 6.000 tons to 80.000 tons in a decade, according to Drago Covacich, general manager of Nova Austral.