Tag: Santiago de Chile

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 17:37 UTC

  Santiago de Chile has the tallest building in South America

  

  Santiago de Chile has the highest skyscraper in South America: the Gran Torre Costanera reached this condition when it surpassed the 300 metres height. The 107.125 square metres block has been designed by Chilean architects Alemparte, Barreda & Associates together with Pelli, Clarke, Pelli Architects, responsible for the Petrona Towers in Kuala Lampur.

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 22:25 UTC

  Santiago air terminal will be expanded to handle 24m pax annually by 2017

  

  Chilean Public Works minister Laurence Golborne announced this week a 500 million dollars plan to revamp Santiago’s air terminal to address the ever growing number of national and international passengers.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:29 UTC

  Santiago de Chile is experiencing highest levels or solar radiation since 2008

  

  Ultraviolet (UV) radiation has increased three points compared to last September in Santiago de Chile, according to a study released by Chile’s National Cancer Corporation (Conac) and the UV monitoring network of the Universidad de Santiago (USACH).

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Buenos Aires and Santiago, the most liveable cities in South America, says EIU

  

  Montevideo figures in position 65 in the world ranking of most liveable cities elaborated by The Economist Intelligence Unit, (EIU) and which was released this week. Only Buenos Aires and Santiago figure ahead of the Uruguayan capital in positions 62 and 63 as the most liveable cities in South America.

• 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.

• Thursday, December 30th 2010 - 11:53 UTC

  Lima and Santiago airports are Latin America’s leaders

  

  The annual ranking by the British consultants Sky Research puts Lima’s Jorge Chávez Airport in front of all South America’s airports, with Pudahuel Airport in Chile coming in just behind.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2010 - 21:40 UTC

  Santiago airport capacity 40% expansion will handle 14 million annually

  

  Santiago de Chile’s airport is about to be expanded to accommodate millions of more travellers. The crowds of people in the airport have been steadily growing, adding hours of travel time to passengers arriving to and leaving from Chile.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:10 UTC

  Chile first South American country with cities Google Earth 3D

  

  Internet users all over the globe will soon be able to better understand what cities like Santiago and Valparaíso look like. Chile is set to become the first South American country to have buildings in some of its cities rendered in 3-D through Google Earth.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:08 UTC

  Chile ahead in the region as recipient of direct foreign investment

  

  A report issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) puts Chile ahead of Brazil in terms of direct foreign investment so far this year. Brazil had been the regional leader since 2007.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 09:44 UTC

  Santiago de Chile shows strong divide between the rich and poor

  

  The Chilean national CASEN Survey revealed last week that even though poverty in the capital Santiago is below the national poverty rate of 15.1%, the city’s poverty levels grew from 10.6 to 11.5% in the last three years.