Tag: Juan Carlos Muñoz

• Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 09:09 UTC

  Santiago de Chile to expand fleet of electric buses

  

  Chilean authorities are leading the region's transition towards environmentally friendly public transport networks by planning to replace some 214 diesel buses serving the Santiago Metropolitan area with electricity-powered ones in the short run, it was announced.

• Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 19:49 UTC

  Internet becomes a basic service in Chile

  

  Internet access has become a basic service in Chile just like drinking water, sanitation, and electricity, which renders it eligible for subsidies and other government-sponsored forms of assistance, it was reported from Santiago on Thursday.

• Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 22:04 UTC

  Two die as Chilean trains clash head-on

  

  Two people died and at least nine others were injured Thursday after a head-on collision between two trains in Santiago, Chile. The units involved were a freight convoy of the company Fepasa and a passengerless test formation belonging to the Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE). “We regret to report the death of two workers on the freight train,” the state-owned company said in a statement.