From Terra on July 1, 2013- After an investigation that began in April, agents of OS-7, Chile’s national anti-drug police, arrested the leader of a drug ring and seized 51,400 doses of marijuana. The drugs were being distributed in the western sector of the city, and due to police intelligence, authorities were able to locate the address of the leader of the drug ring. OS-7 established surveillance of the house and discovered a large amount of drugs. After receiving approval from a judge, OS-7 infiltrated the premises and arrested Jorge Castillo in addition to seizing more than 25 kilos of drugs. Read Article
From Terra Chile on June 28, 2013- Carabineros of OS-7 (national anti-drug police) seized more than 40 kilos of drugs in the Atacama region, and arrested two people for breaking the Drug Control Law. This was another operation under “Plan Vigía” and occurred at checkpoint on kilometer 985 on North Route 5. At the checkpoint, […]
From Terra on June 25, 2013- In Bajo Molle, Tarapaca, authorities stopped an interprovincial bus for a routine check. One of the passengers became very nervous and drew the attention of the police who then searched the passenger and found 9 kilos of cocaine between the passenger’s legs. The head of North Zone Drug Control, […]
From Terra on June 25, 2013- An anonymous phone call allowed officers of the national police (Carabineros) to dismantle a local drug network and seize 2 kilos 800 grams of cocaine. Authorities detained four men, Ivan Pino Ricardo Leiva, Juan Pablo Vergara Toro, Waldo Marcelo Morales Godoy, and Alfredo Arturo Guerra Serrano. The phone call […]
From Terra on June 25, 2013- Agents of the Anti-Narcotics Brigade (Briant) seized 2 kilos 220 grams of cocaine hydrochloride that was being carried by a man, and disguised as detergent in the town of San Pedro de la Paz. Patricio Guajardo of Briant said that they detained the Slavic man who belonged to a […]
On June 17, 2013 Opinión reported that the Chilean government earlier this month granted humanitarian visas to 64 Bolivians who were working illegally in Chile and who were victims of trafficking. The victims were contacted in Cochabamba by subcontractor representative Paola Espinoza Limitada, who had promised them good job prospects but later entered them into […]
On June 13, 2013 24 Horas reported that police have arrested two suspects for human trafficking following a raid on an Indian restaurant in Providencia. According to the Attorney General, at least ten victims of Indian nationality entered the country to work at the restaurant under conditions of labor exploitation. During the raid on the […]
On June 2, 2013 FM Bolivia reported the case of sixty-four Bolivian immigrants who were trafficked into Chile. Six people are currently being prosecuted before Chilean courts. The Bolivians, originally from Cochabamba, worked illegally in setting up high tension towers for the private company Paola Espinoza in Molina, more than 200 kilometers from Santiago de […]
On June 2, 2013 FM Bolivian reported that the topic of immigrant smuggling and human trafficking is not included in the on-going 13-point agenda between Bolivia and Chile. The agenda items do deal with border issues, including border integration, free movement and physical integration. However, the issue of border security cooperation is related to the […]
Bbc.co.uk reported that Chile and Argentina have ordered the evacuation of some 3,000 people living near the Copahue volcano in the south of their shared border. The authorities in both countries issued a red alert – the highest possible – saying the Chilean volcano could erupt imminently. The 2,965m (nearly 10,000ft) volcano – which sits […]
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From rtve.es on May 24, 2013- During the VII Summit of the Pacific Alliance, Spanish representative, Mariano Rajoy, urged the member states of the Alliance (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Chile) to cooperate on a wide range of issues including the fight against drug trafficking. As a representative from an observer state, Rajoy offered the Spanish […]
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May 22, 2013- Impacto Diario reported that agents of the Chilean Anti-narcotics Brigade (Briant) seized 116 kilos 541 grams of cocaine in the city of La Calera. This success was part of Briant’s efforts to thwart a drug ring operating from Bolivia, although there has only been one arrest so far, the driver of the […]
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May 23, 2013- Terra reported that Chilean authorities arrested Alvaro Mendoza, 21, in Colchane, Chile after he tried to evade immigration authorities by entering the north side of the complex. During a close inspection after the failed evasion attempt, authorities discovered more than 3 kilos of marijuana in Mendoza’s backpack. Mendoza came from the city […]
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Telam.com.ar reported that the government of Nicaragua to Costa Rica yesterday expelled photojournalist Retamal Hector, who remained detained incommunicado since last Tuesday, according to the local and international press. Retamal, who is 37 and works for the French news agency AFP, was sent to St. Joseph in a TACA airline flight and “the charge against […]
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Dozens of homes have been destroyed and 150 families evacuated after fires tore through the hills around Valparaiso in Chile. The National Office of Emergencies reported that an area of 60 hectares had been devastated by the forest fire.
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Bolivia has filed a lawsuit against Chile at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to reclaim access to the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia lost access to the coastline in a 19th Century war with Chile, leaving it landlocked ever since. Chile says Bolivia’s demand has no historical or legal basis. Read Article
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Through a video, the hacker group demanded the resignation of Secretary of Energy for the project Alto Maipo. The internet activist group, Anonymous announced this afternoon attack the Government of Chile, if not stop the project Alto Maipo. “R ealizaremos a computer attack against Chile on Monday April 22. (…) The Government of Chile has […]
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Chilean students announce another march and protest for the May 8, 2013. Chilean students announce another great place for 8 mayoSantiago of Chile, April 14 (Prensa Latina) Chilean students will come back to the streets of the country on May 8, to reiterate their rejection of profit in education, and to demand a public education, […]
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The health ministry on Friday ahead of the Winter Plan framed in the beginning of “Vaccination Campaign” against influenza for the population at risk, such as older adults, pregnant with more than three months, the chronically ill, health personnel, infants and children between 6 and 23 months, respectively, in clinics and emergency centers. Read Article
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Beto Cuevas and The Tits will be responsible for encouraging the Grand Opening of the Hard Rock Cafe Santiago on Thursday 18 April. A party expected to draw about 600 people in the campus square meters located on the Costanera Center Mall. Living “the experience of being part of rock history world from his soul” […]
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Downtown Santiago Chile Gunmen staged a shootout on Friday in a private underground parking, located at 1268 Cathedral Street, near the intersection with Teatinos, in the center of Santiago. Supposedly after he staged an assault around 17:40 hours. The victim, according to testimony, it would be a Peruvian citizen who lives in Chile three years […]
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The National Mining Company (Enami) of Ecuador said Friday that maintains a strategic alliance with Codelco to explore for copper in a northern Andean country. This as part of an energy cooperation agreement between Ecuador and Chile, which has allowed the Ecuadorian state mining start an investigation stage geological Llurimagua area in the Andean province […]
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On April 3, 2013 Chilean newspaper La Nación reported that two Ecuadorians have recently been indicted in Arica on charges of human trafficking. Marcos Renteria and his brother Julio Valencia were arrested at the Chacalluta border crossing on Tuesday after attempting to smuggle 10 Ecuadorians posing as tourists into Chile. According to evidence presented in […]
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suspension sleeves The Chilean airline LAN will use in the coming days to Justice to address the sudden suspension of service at airports sleeves of Argentina. The decision was announced to the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio by company sources and confirmed yesterday the NATION by a source close to the airline directory. According to this […]
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A report by the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Chile and Dr. Carmen Cerda stated that the patient’s death Mario Rojas was due to lack of procedure in the University Medical false Sea Tania Gonzalez. Gonzalez became dean of nursing at the University of the Sea , despite being school teacher, so that is […]
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AFP.com reported that……..In a super-arid desert at an altitude of 5,000 meters, with almost no humidity or vegetation, the world’s largest ground-based astronomy project opens for business on Wednesday ready to probe the universe with unprecedented might. “What is so very special about this place is that, right here above our heads, there is virtually […]
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lasegunda.com reported that two tourists have been fined $ 50,000 each, and the conditional suspension of proceedings requested the prosecutor Ivan Tamayo against two tourists-the Deriguti Argentina and Chile’s Paola Alejandra Saavedra-who were caught using a stove along the path between the shelters Paine Grande and Grey, at the height of the Stones River National […]
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As heroes were welcomed home three Bolivian soldiers who were released after being imprisoned in Chile accused of illegally entering the country on 25 January. Jose Luis Fernandez (18) Augusto Cardenas (19) and Alex Shock (20), who accepted the conditional suspension of proceedings at the hearing made this morning in Pozo Almonte, arrived at the […]
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noticias.terra.cl reported that the Calama El Loa airport was evacuated by police preemptively due to the presence of an abandoned backpack. Passengers who were on a flight to the city said they were informed that the aircraft are being diverted and can not land as scheduled. Read Article
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At least 22 people were poisoned in the restaurant “Aquí Jaime” Concon after being confirmed an outbreak of foodborne disease (FBD), because the bacterium vibrio parahemolítica, by eating raw shellfish. Read Article
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Again hackers involved the ministry website of Justice of Chile. Shortly before midnight on Monday, on the page read: “That happens to mess with us, nothing personal,” under a cartoon called “Feel like a Sir”, a popular meme of social networking sites. This would be LulzSec, the same hacker who spoke of Peruvian page Justice […]
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The head of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy, Shoa, Patricio Carrasco, announced that as part of the new protocol the body seeks to alert the population in less than five minutes in case of a tsunami. “Since we have seismic data from some source, we have a deadline of 5 minutes, in […]
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Police and the prosecution of Osorno investigate arson attack on the works of the hydroelectric Rucatayo, located in the area of Carimallín, bordering the regions of Los Ríos and Los Lagos. According to the police, campus guards ensured that at about 04:00 hours in the morning, five hooded persons fired at the lights, left the […]
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noticias.terra.cl reported that the Homicide Unit (BH) of the PDI of Conception is investigating a possible abortion, performed by a woman of 23 years old, through the use of a medication called Misotrol. The accused would have introduced vaginally pills while in his home in the town of Lan C Hualpén. After presenting a hemorrhage, […]
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latercera.com reported that the Commission for Environmental Assessment (CEA) Atacama applied fines of 3,000 UTM (UTM), equivalent to about $ 120 million to the Canadian miner Barrick by irregularities in the water sanitation and breach of the monitoring plan of glaciers in the project Pascua Lama. This after the General Water Directorate (DGA) of Atacama, […]
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After the Robbery Squad of the Investigative Police raided a house in Talca, found more than 100 forms of license. These 150 forms and other documents were found in a residence of Father Alberto Hurtado population in the north of the city. The BIRO confirmed that they belonged to the Traffic Division of the Municipality […]
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biobiochile.cl reported that the Investigative Police found an American tourist who had wandered on January 30. The young man would have found within Cochamó. Edwards James O’Connell, 19, from California, went missing on Jan. 30, when it was the last phone conversation with his parents who were in the United States. The youth from Califorina, […]
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La-razon.com reported that the Justice of Chile extended by ten days the deadline for prosecutors Township Tarapacá Chile seek history in the case of the three detained Bolivian military while pursuing a group of smugglers vehicles. February 25 was the date set the hearing to be defined whether or not to open the trial of […]
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rpp.com.pe reported that the Chilean cities of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso have been put on high alert because of a wildfire that has destroyed thirty homes and forced the evacuation of hundred people, officials said. The incident, in which hard working extinguishing fire, police and forestry workers, began in a high area known as […]
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According to lanacion.cl, at least four gas stations robberies committed a criminal posing as Argentine tourist and was arrested by police from the SIP of the 1st station in Viña del Mar. As reported by the portal sitiodelsuceso.cl, Carlo Eduardo is CC (39), who had the particular “modus operandi” Argentine tourist impersonate order to confuse […]
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cooperativa.cl reported that the President of the Confederation of Truck Owners, Juan Araya, said the prolonged closure of the Los Libertadores pass, linking Chile with Argentina, will cause shortages and price spikes in our country. The international crossing is blocked from Friday 8 febrer or because of landslides that covered up the road on both […]
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National Route 7 is cut by landslides. And the steps are kept closed to Chile in Mendoza and San Juan. Evacuated more than 100 tourists by plane. Hundreds of people were now isolated in the high mountains of Mendoza after landslides that cut traffic on National Highway 7, while more than 130 tourists were evacuated […]
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Radio.uchile.cl reported….In 2011 was published the miserable situation in which 57 were Paraguayan citizens working illegally in the estates of businessman Francisco Javier Errazuriz. This revealed that human trafficking is a reality in Chile but little known patent. Proof of this is that only in November 2012 created a special police brigade of Investigation to […]
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According to cooperativa.cl, the Valparaiso Health SEREMI initiate an investigation because of the massive poisoning suffered about 25 children participating in a summer camp in the area of the Maitenes, in the district of Casablanca. The children began to feel intense stomach pains after eating hamburgers, discomfort worsened whereupon had to be transferred to the […]
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According to the latest visual networking index made by the company Cisco, mobile data traffic will grow nine times in Chile by 2017, reaching 29 000 exabytes per month for that year. An increase that must in part to continued strong growth in the number of mobile internet connections is expected to exceed the number […]
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lanacion.com. reported that the Chilean Navy announced today that it will initiate an investigation into a controversial video posted on YouTube shows the Chilean soldiers firing xenophobic chanting slogans against Argentines, Bolivians and Peruvians as they trotted in the coastal city of Vina del Mar.
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santiagotimes.cl reported that MetLife announced its agreement Friday with Spanish bank BBVA after several weeks of negotiation to buy AFP Provida, Chile’s biggest private pension fund provider, for approximately US$2 billion in cash this Friday. BBVA will be transferring its 64.3 percent stake to MetLife, which hopes to expand its presence in fast-growing developing markets […]
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Various sectors in the municipality of Melipeuco expressed their concerns about the installation of the “past Hydroelectric Corner”, which, according to them, would bring disastrous consequences for the local community. n a letter to the mayor, the community organized a complaint made Melipeuco malpractices and irregularities that would incur the hydroelectric project seeking to intervene […]
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This is the testimony of the mother of Sunny Garcia, less than six years, which according to his lawyer and clinical records in hand, ensures that product consumption died Milk DNA. Their case and the death of more than 17 children, prosecutors refused to investigate. Read Article
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Guardian.co.uk reported that Easter Island, a Pacific paradise only 164 sq km in size, has seen demonstrations in recent months. The indigenous Rapa Nui – the Polynesian name for the island and people – assert that Chile has robbed them of their ancestral lands. They are threatening to declare independence and lodge a complaint against […]
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Despite the intense search for young Cordoba, which involved troops and police dogs, yesterday met ten days without known trace of Marco Roldan. As time progresses, doubts grow about a French citizen who went with him to Mount Taras and that was the last I saw him. Mario Olivera, 30, a friend and fellow touring […]
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lanacion.cl reported that within 24 hours, police personnel OS-7 major El Loa intercepted two loads of marijuana and cocaine base were valued at 950 million pesos. Two people were arrested in the proceedings. In the first specialized staff, together with staff from the 1st station in Calama, JJAT arrested, aged 21, in Enaex checkpoint at […]
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Elsismo.cl reported that two French tourists who fell into a ravine 10 meters and were unharmed. In a joint effort developed by Carabineros holdings “Ensenada” and “Waterfalls”, were rescued unharmed two young French national tourists that Monday nights were lost in the Osorno Volcano. The coordination, staff conducted with the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), watched […]
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Meganoticias.cl reported a major police operation has been deployed to the whereabouts of four missing tourists staying in San Pedro de Atacama. Tourists would be two adults and two children and had disappeared on Thursday from the Laguna Tara, according to Radio Bio Bio. Up to now know the identity of the lost. Read Article
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Eluniverso.com reported ….. Despite the presence of military police, arson attacks continued Tuesday in the Mapuche region of Araucanía, in southern Chile, with victimless attacks against at least two properties, raising a serious conflict in one of the poorest regions of country. “We are in the presence of an organized terrorist group with terrorist methods, […]
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Was found dead on Friday a Canadian citizen who participated Unesco programs in Chile and who remained missing in the city since January 1 for New Year celebrations. The information was confirmed by Mayor Raul Celis, who said the boy’s body Bhupinder Mandair (24) was found in the road sector in Cerro Concepción Templeman (cerro […]
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Thestarphoenix.com reported that Chilean truckers blocked the country’s main highway on Monday to protest a string of arson attacks, including one that killed an elderly couple in a southern region that Mapuche Indians call their usurped ancestral land. The couple’s death has triggered a national debate on the escalation of a conflict in Araucania, where […]
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A new and violent arson attack perpetrated yesterday in La Araucanía Chile ended with the death of a well-known local businessman and his wife, prompting the immediate reaction of President Sebastián Piñera to enact anti-terrorism law and order dreaded an unprecedented police enforcement in the area. The incident occurred at dawn on the farm Lumahue […]
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Chile maintains this Sunday the red alert for the volcano began Copahue although no evacuations, while Argentina rose to orange in the presence of lava in the crater mouth massif shared border, officials of both countries. The Chilean National Emergency Office (Onemi) declared a red alert by continuous seismic activity at the volcano, on the […]
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Rangers of the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) expelled on Sunday at 4 Israeli tourists ignore instructions within the camp Towers in Torres del Paine National Park. According to a statement released Monday by the state, “rangers, accompanied by police, proceeded to escort to the goal of Laguna Amarga a group of four Israeli citizens identified […]
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Peru’s Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo, recalled today that Peru tried to negotiate with Chile since the eighties before resorting to the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ) court to establish that the maritime boundary between the two countries. In a statement to reporters after the first hearing of the oral proceedings, which began […]
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emol.com reported after nine days of fruitless search, by various organizations had concluded the plan aimed to determine the whereabouts of the three missing foreign tourists in the Villarrica Volcano. The latest news about Dmitry Sivenkov (35, a Russian citizen), Gillhem Bellon (25, French) and Luca Ogliengo (25, Italian) are initiating a tour of the […]
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The Italian citizen of 50 years and Chile of 27 were reported missing, were found unharmed Wednesday in the rural area of the municipality of Pucón, which lost while on an excursion. The complaint was stamped then that women in this day return to its point of origin, which triggered the operation coordinated by the […]
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When does not Chilean poetry, but the great Chilean poetry, which is not the same? Fortunately there is a consensus precise: in 1918. That is the year that the two books are published by Vicente Huidobro to inaugurate the new aesthetic in our language: Poems Equatorial Arctic.’re Not forgetting to Gabriela Mistral. This is only […]
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The government is promoting the installation of a mega port to triple the capacity of freight movement that is already installed in the central region. The Ministry of Transport has already initiated studies to define the investment that is required and if the port (FSPs) will be built in Valparaiso or San Antonio. Read Article
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According to figures released by the National Prosecuting Authority, this type of crime associated with child exploitation meant that between 2007 and 2011 were initiated 479 criminal investigations under this figure. According to statistics held by the Sex Crimes Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority in 2007 were investigated 94 cases of promotion and facilitation […]
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The seat belt is used by 50% of the occupants of the front seats and only 10% of the occupants of the rear seats of a vehicle in Chile. This level also leaves the back country in Latin America. When measuring use only in the front seats, Chile is well below Brazil (88%), Peru (85%) […]
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Chile is listed ninth among the countries most money lost for damages from natural disasters disbursing, since 1992, 31 billion dollars from the claims, in a list led by the United States with U.S. $ 560 billion, with the only two countries in of the top 10 most affected. Read Article
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Her call for free education in Chile led to a nationwide shutdown last year. Now student leader Camila Vallejo is aiming higher – she wants a social revolution…..I almost didn’t meet Camila Vallejo. She missed her flight from Chile, and by the time the allotted hour arrived, she was still 7,000 miles away in Santiago. […]
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25% of stories were published about Chile abroad in the third quarter of 2012 were related to the sports world, 5% less than in the second, according to the study “Chile Monitor”. The political issues such as the role of Chile as an accompanist in the peace negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government, […]
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The Chilean economy continues to surprise and exceed expectations. The Central Bank reported a gross domestic product growth in the third quarter, mainly due to consumption and investment. It is a figure of 5.7% between July and September, which rose to 5.6 cumulative GDP progress so far this year. A result that is supported by […]
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The Ministry of Health decree “health alert” to address cases of meningitis this year exceeded estimates by experts and authorities. In its daily report on the situation of meningitis in the country, Undersecretary of Public Health reported today that was published in the Official Journal of the health alert decree allowing the necessary actions to […]
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A 19 toll rose today arrested by Chilean police in an operation to dismantle a prostitution of minors between 12 and 17 years. The lawsuit, known as Operation Heidi, started on Thursday night with the arrest of 14 people in raids carried out by about 60 police officers to civilian homes in the center of […]
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The Chilean retailer Falabella, with operations in Argentina, Colombia and Peru, reported earnings of 224.806 million pesos (470.30 million U.S. dollars) to September of this year, 19.9% less than the same period of 2011. According to an assessment submitted to the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (SVS), the largest firm traded Chilean recorded in the […]
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That country is the leader among 18 countries according to the Institute for Competitiveness ADEN, institution of higher learning founded in Argentina. Colombia is ranked seven. DEN evaluates ten aspects to determine the index: meeting basic needs, institutional, infrastructure, macroeconomic stability, health, education, population expectations, market competition, efficiency in labor relations and access to technology, […]
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A seismic swarm today hit the coast of Chile’s O’Higgins region, in the center of the country, where in fifteen hours seventeen tremors have been recorded, but only three, all low current, were perceived by the population. According to the website of the Seismological Service of the University of Chile, between 21.35 local time on […]
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Nearly all approved generic drugs have the same effects and results as name brand drugs, and cost about 20 times less than their counterparts. However, they are conspicuously absent in many Chilean pharmacies. Currently, over 91 generic drugs are available in Chile, and by December there should be around 200. Read Article
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The Reforestemos Patagonia campaign has been an unprecedented use of social networks to activate the public into action. With the target of 1 million trees still some way off, the organization decided to hold the first Reforestón. The idea builds Chile’s huge fundraising event, the Teletón, which will happen in December. The program was broadcast […]
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98 People Infected with Meningitis in Chile The Ministry of Public Health is in emergency mode. Despite the discovery of 98 new cases of meningitis in Chile, the Institute of Public Health assures citizens that the infection has not reached epidemic levels. These meningitis cases have been appearing “in a sporadic way,” says director of […]
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The massive drug trafficking on the border Of all the drugs seized in Chile this year, half were seized in a single region of Antofagasta. The main route crosses the border narco Calama, where traffic has become the priority of the authorities, as it is a problem that is increasing. Read Article
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The Special Force against Drug Trafficking (FELCN) seized today, in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, a drug shipment to Chile, advanced anti-drug prosecutor Jose Parra. Parra said the cocaine was hidden in metal coils in two containers, carrying a truck whose destination was Chile, but said it has not yet quantified the amount of […]
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Tarija, Colonel Raul Herbas, announced that due to a track that was made in recent weeks, it was established that drug traffickers use routes Paraguayans this department for transportation of marijuana. Investigations disclosed that the illegal is transported to the borders of Chile, being that sometimes reach the Republic of Peru. Read Article
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A Chilean newspaper according to tn.com.ar must pay about $ 125,000 to 13 people who were burned to develop a recipe published in a supplement of kitchen, according to a Supreme Court ruling. The incident dates back to 2004, when the magazine’s daily La Tercera showed step by step how to make fritters stuffed with […]
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While the Port Rapel performed a routine round met some subjects despostaban stolen seven lambs, on the southern shore of Lake The offense mainly affects the equine species, legally as cattle rustling,…Read Article
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In twelve months Ecuadorian-Chilean trade gained importance to the point of becoming the second largest trading partner with favorable balance of payments for this country, reflects a report of the Central Bank of Ecuador. Between January and August, trade with Chile reflects growth of over 350%. In this period, for example, exports to Country Southern […]
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A group of secondary and university students staged a unique protest in downtown Concepción, which caught the attention of passersby to present their demands. The girls showed their bodies painted with slogans tariff demands on universities and the role of women in social struggles. The seizure was part of a new education march in the […]
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The detonation of an explosive device early this morning mobilized troops Police Special Operations Group (BEPGs) of Police to the National Institute of DNA, located in Peru Avenue corner of Santos Dumont, district of Recoleta. It was established that the device was left in the front yard of the compound and detonated at about 5:20 […]
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From the National Federation of University Health Professionals (FENPRUSS) in Chillán, its president, Maria Victoria Rogel, said the climate of uncertainty that reigned among some officials. “I just work in the laboratory and it was discarded. What happens is that ocurir thought he could, apparently, by a patient who was depressed immune. Seeing that, began […]
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diario.latercera.com reported that representatives of a foundation challenged before the authorities of the Region V operating a collection point for these crustaceans. In Juan Fernandez fear for exports. The season starts in October. More than 60 people depart from the island Robinson Crusoe, on a ship towards Alejandro Selkirk Island, to begin the extraction of […]
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Latercera.com reported that Douglas Tompkins seeks support in Europe to create new national parks in Latin America. To date, the employer has created two national parks in our country and other three “are about will be donated” future Pumalín national parks of Patagonia and Ibera, Argentina. The U.S. couple Douglas and Kristine Tompkins, who in […]
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Cambio21.cl reported that 51% of trade was the victim of a crime and / or missing during the first half of 2012, as revealed the seventh version of Trade Victimization Survey conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Chile (CNC) in conjunction with Adimark. Read Article
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We are 87 confirmed cases of meningitis W135 type. For Monday awaiting the arrival of the first batch of vaccines. We are 87 confirmed cases of the disease, the type W135 meningitis between January and October 2012, while in all of 2011 only 73 cases were recorded. For the leader of the organization, Esteban Maturana, […]
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Mercopress.com reported that demonstrations of thousands of students that turned out to the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities to demand better education, ended in violent clashes with riot police which had to appeal to tear gas, water cannons and paint guns to later identify protestors, tens of which were later detained. According to […]
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A conscript Chacabuco regiment of Concepción, is one of those involved. A one day seize 41 kilos of cocaine base, the PDI of Concepción achieved another success to seize 20 kilos of the same drug. Two arrests, one conscript Chacabuco regiment of Concepción. Counternarcotics Brigade dealt another blow penquista PDI traffickers, then, in the Yellow […]
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A massive attendance had the march organized by the National Assembly of Secondary Students (ACES), the National Coordinator of Secondary Students (Cones) and the National Confederation of University Students (Confech), which started at 11:30 am from the front University of Santiago (USACH) This time, as a complement to the demands for a free, quality education, […]
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A call to the public to join the march organized by high school students and supported by the university for Thursday October 27, made on Tuesday leaders of the student movement. Gabriel Boric, president and spokesman DATE Confech stressed the importance of the call, as occurs “in the context that between now and Friday to […]
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Lanacion.cl reported A fire affects these hours hotel Solace city of Puerto Varas, in the Lakes Region. The fact has been disseminated photographs of multiple tweeters, who have risen to the network several snapshots of the incident. The losses caused by fire are millionaires, according to preliminary versions and from the site, Fireman has evacuated […]
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Unemployment in Chile would remain at 6.5% in the June-August quarter moving near historic lows, because a decrease in the generation of jobs was offset by fewer people occupation sought. The median response of 10 analysts and economists polled by Reuters compares with 6.5% of the moving quarter ending in July. The survey also average […]
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