Tag: Chile

Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Pacific Alliance four members committed “to solid and orderly public finances”

Pacific Alliance members' commitment to maintaining solid and orderly public finances, in a changing global economic environment is crucial to continue to attract investments, said Chile's Finance minister Rodrigo Valdes currently in New York with his peers from Peru, Colombia and Mexico, to promote the region.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 12:38 UTC
Algae bloom in southern Chile causing massive losses in the salmon farms

A group of salmon farms operating in the south of Chile have reported the mass death of millions of salmon. The deaths are attributed to an outbreak of harmful algae, set to generate millions in financial losses and see supermarket prices soar across Chile.
Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 01:15 UTC
Argentina and Chile after friendly settlement over extradition of former guerrilla

Argentina will seek a friendly settlement with Chile regarding the long-standing bilateral conflict over the extradition of Galvarino Apablaza before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Apablaza is accused of involvement in the murder of a conservative Senator and kidnapping of a newspaper executive.
Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 06:33 UTC
Chileans that damaged a Malvinas monument in Rosario were finally set free

The two young Chileans that remained in custody following the graffiti and damages to the Monument to the Malvinas fallen in the National Flag park of the city of Rosario, Argentina were finally set free by Federal Judge Carlos Vera Barros who decided a “lack of merit” in the charges.
Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 06:32 UTC
Punta Arenas expects to become homeport for an Antarctica cruise line

Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is encouraged by the cruise industry prospects for its port and facilities: this season Norwegian Sun has returned with at least ten calls and for 2016/2017 a line will be cruising to Antarctica with Punta Arenas as a home port.
Thursday, February 18th 2016 - 01:16 UTC
Cruise crew member jumps overboard in the south of Chile

A Philippine crew member from the Norwegian Sun cruise vessel jumped overboard before reaching a port in South Chile and has been declared 'disappeared' by the Chilean navy which organized a rescue operation.
Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:14 UTC
LAN celebrating 70 years of air connectivity with Punta Arenas

Chile's flag carrier Lan is celebrating this week the seven decades of its first commercial flight between Santiago and Punta Arenas, extreme south of the country, opening the region to closer trade, tourism and investment opportunities. Actually Lan in the thirties and forties, when the company was first starting did in effect make regional flights from Punta Arenas to nearby places mostly on rough landing strips.
Thursday, February 11th 2016 - 05:22 UTC
Magallanes enjoying an unexpected excellent cruise season

Chile anticipates a 30% increase in cruise activity in the extreme south of the country, mainly Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales, announced Lorena Araya, head of Magallanes region National Tourism Service, Sernatur.
Friday, February 5th 2016 - 06:27 UTC
Chilean government condemns vandalism by fans at Malvinas Memorial in Rosario

The Chilean ambassador in Buenos Aires met with Malvinas war veterans and the head of the National Monument to the Flag in the city of Rosario, and delivered an official letter condemning the violent actions and destruction by fans from the University of Chile football team against a Memorial to the Malvinas fallen.
Thursday, February 4th 2016 - 18:19 UTC
Toxic algae bloom in south Chile threatening salmon farms

Chilean aquaculture company Multiexports Food reported that due to the harmful algal bloom (HAB) recorded in various areas of the southern Regions X and XI of Chile, their production centers of Huyar and Lligua have suffered “significant fish mortality,” which has not been quantified yet.