Tag: Chile

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 09:07 UTC

  Sunday deadline for Falklands' competition open to university students

  

  This Sunday, October 2nd, ends the deadline to participate in the regional competition sponsored by the Falkland Islands government and the UK embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile addressing the issue, “Why would I like to meet my neighbors from the Falkland Islands?” The competition is open to university students from the three countries and the prize is a weeklong trip to the Falkland Islands with all expenses paid.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

  Punta Arenas port increased docking space should be ready early 2017

  

  Works on the extension of the Prat dock in the port of Punta Arenas picked up this last week and should be ready for the beginning of next year, including two dolphins and six jackets, which should enable all cruise passengers to land directly.

• Monday, September 12th 2016 - 10:38 UTC

  Chile marked the 43 anniversary of the military coup headed by Pinochet that ousted Allende

  

  Remembering a painful past, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet said on Sunday the truth must be told and justice be served for thousands of victims of the country’s dictatorship. She made the statement as Chileans marked the 43 anniversary of the coup which ousted democratically-elected President Salvador Allende and began the 17-year-long dictatorship of General Pinochet on September 11, 1973.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 04:07 UTC

  HMS Protector crew parade next to the Chilean navy to honor Pilot Pardo in Punta Arenas

  

  Sailors and Royal Marines from Ice Patrol HMS Protector participated on Sunday in a major parade in Punta Arenas, next to members from the Chilean Navy, local Fire fighters and two schools, as part of the commemorations to honor pilot Luis Pardo Villalón, the Chilean navy officer who a century ago rescued the 22 survivors of Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition “Endurance”.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 07:53 UTC

  Chileans massive protest to end the private pension system; Bachelet's approval plummets to 15%

  

  Tens of thousands of Chileans took to the streets throughout the country on Sunday, seeking to increase pressure on the government to throw out Chile’s private pension system in favor of one that would provide better retirement benefits.

• Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 12:00 UTC

  Chile: scientific report states that dumping dead salmon in the sea was not linked to red tide

  

  A committee of independent scientists which was named to investigate the red tide phenomenon affecting the Los Lagos Region in the south of Chile, earlier this year, have concluded that salmon dumping in the sea was not an agent causing the phenomenon.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:29 UTC

  UK strongly supports innovative solutions for the Chilean mining sector

  

  The British Embassy in Chile participated at the mining conference Medmin to strengthen the importance of British innovative solutions for the mining sector in a country which is highly dependent on minerals and is the world's leading exporter of copper.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2016 - 21:34 UTC

  Chile hosts international conference of teachers of English as a foreign language

  

  The 14th International Conference of IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) was held in Santiago de Chile on 22 and 23 July at Universidad San Sebastian with the attendance of 800 current and future teachers of English.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 20:52 UTC

  UK embassy in Chile hosts major workshop on sustainable mining and tailings

  

  Several sustainable mining projects supported by the British Embassy’s 2016 Prosperity Fund and Newton-Picarte science and innovation fund were discussed at a workshop held at the British Embassy in late July.

• Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 06:28 UTC

  Bachelet forced to introduce reforms to Chile's private pension system

  

  Under pressure from the public, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet proposed changes to the most radical of all the economic reforms of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — the private pension system that inspired a wave of similar projects worldwide.