•In Peking, Colombia’s portafolio.co spoke with Enrique Dussel, the director of the Center of Chinese-Mexican Studies of Unam, who gave his view on how Latin America should approach Chinese business and involvement in the area.
•One improvement he suggests is the increase of foreign exchange students between the two regions.
•Lingual and cultural understanding is also essential to attract Chinese tourists.
•On Free Trade Agreements, he mentions the example of Chile which enjoys a complementary relationship as it does not have national industry, and does not have any fear of losing out in the electronic or automotive market.
•However, more complicated economies such as Mexico and Brazil want to protect their automotive and electronic industries as well as the employment involved.
•He stresses that the whole of Latin America should work together and think of a more holistic plan as China has a plan incorporating business, education, infrastructure, etc. because a joined effort would make the region a more important business partner for China.
•He advises against competition with China on a manufacturing basis, as China’s manufacturing capacity is greater than that of most Latin American countries. Read Article
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Chile, health authorities confirmed an outbreak of salmonella in the Bío Bío region of Chile. The illness associated with consumption of raw eggs, and made to 47 people ill with some requiring to be hospitalized. Read Article
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Jorge Sapag, the governor of Neuquén province in the south of Argentina, has declared the town of Villa La Angostura a disaster area and in a state of economic and social emergency, according to infobae.com. The city has been covered in volcanic ash since the eruption of Chilean volcano, Puyehue, on June 4 and the […]
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Australis Seafoods SA raised $71 million today in the third initial public offering by a Chilean salmon farmer in six months as the industry rebounds from a virus that cut output by 39 percent. Read Article
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Seven bicyclists have been arrested for “moral offenses” as Chile saw its first edition of the World Naked Bike Ride, which was taking place in cities around the world.The cyclists began their route fully clothed in a residential neighborhood and stripped off much of their clothing during the ride to arrive at the Plaza Italia […]
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Empresas La Polar SA plunged a record 29 percent in Santiago trading after the department-store operator said it may lift loan-loss provisions by $427 million. Read Article
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Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas, Argentina’s domestic airline, have announced that all flights are canceled until further notice because of the ash cloud from the Puyehue volcano in Chile that began erupted over the weekend, per pagina12.com.ar. LAN has also cancelled flights, mostly those destined for Córdoba, Tucumán, Mendoza, Salta and Iguazu. Passengers whose […]
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ElComercio.com reports the discovery of new centers of human trafficking in Chile, which include mafia operations in Paraguay, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, occurred Friday April 27th. Chilean Labor Minister, Evelyn Matthei said that the government was looking into the issue and criticizing former Paraguayan senator Francisco Errazuriz for employing illegals on his farms and […]
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Chile’s fourth biggest copper mine, Codelco’s El Teniente, saw output more than halved on Saturday as staff workers stayed off the job due to fears raised by violent protests this week by striking contractors, the company said. Read Article
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A ruling by Chile’s Supreme Court on Friday failed to persuade four Mapuche Indian activists to give up a long-running hunger strike against the government’s use of a tough anti-terrorism law to crack down on their efforts to regain ancestral lands. Read Article
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One of the volcanos in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted violently Saturday, billowing smoke and ash high into the sky and prompting more than 3,500 people living nearby to evacuate. Read Article
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A recent comScore study shows that in April of this year more than 11.6 million Latin Americans, 10% of those with internet access, are using coupon sites. Internet coupons are very new to Latin America and started gaining popularity last year when Groupon and Groupalia were emerging in the region. According to the report, Groupon […]
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Chile’s state television channel has reported that long-secret documents support the theory that President Salvador Allende may have been assassinated and did not commit suicide during the 1973 coup. TVN’s “Special Report” based its report late Monday on a copy of a 300-page military review of Allende’s death long thought to be lost. Read Article
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Research shows that Incas built citadels such as Machu Picchu after the earlier achievement of agriculture at high altitudes through the use of llama dung. Manure from llama herds provided fertiliser which enabled corn to be cultivated at very high altitudes, allowing the Inca civilisation to flourish in the Andes and conquer much of South […]
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Tens of thousands of people massed in the center of Chile’s capital Friday night for new protests against the government’s plan to dam two wild rivers in the country’s southern Patagonia region. Most demonstrators were peaceful, but bands of hooded protesters attacked police and smashed shop windows and damaged other property along a 10-block stretch […]
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Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico Environmental News HidroAysén’s executive vice president, Daniel Fernandez, ratified a public consultation on the transmission line Cochrane-Santiago by mid-July, to present in December, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Read Article
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The Government of Costa Rica on Friday described as a “major challenge” his election to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the UN and thanked all countries that provided support. “Costa Rica appreciated the support and take responsibility for the Council with great commitment and a challenge of great magnitude,” he said in a statement […]
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The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Chilean nonprofit Fundación Chile will jointly open a new VCS office in Santiago to speed the carbon offset certification process in Latin America and to support Fundación Chile’s new Santiago Climate Exchange (SCX), under terms agreed to in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on May 10. Read Article
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The Chilean government has suspended the use of tear gar by police to disperse protests. The decision comes after police used tear gas on a demonstration in the capital that drew some 30,000 people opposing proposed dams in Patagonia. A tear gas canister fired by police in the city of Concepcion wounded one person in […]
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The March earthquake off the coast of Japan sparked a tsunami alert for the length of the Chilean coast. The warning was lifted 24 hours later after just a few small waves. Things were different at Tongoy, about 450km north of Santiago. “What was supposed to be just a ripple was actually a powerful underwater […]
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It was 05:30 hours when Jennifer Costello, 24, had been sleeping peacefully. Suddenly, she felt that the passenger who was at his side take out the wallet. But while the concrete the abduction, she manages to wake up and realize. Sos he stood and walked down the hall to immediately report the situation to the […]
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Critical is the health of the four Mapuche political prisoners held in prison in Angola, which are now serving 63 days on hunger strike. Héctor Llaitul , 43 years old, has dropped 20 kilos since he began fasting on 15 March, and has weakness, cramps in his limbs, insomnia and intense headache. Huillical Jonathan , […]
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With 13 votes (on the right and one of the Concertación), 5 against and 6 abstentions, the Senate of Chile adopted on 11 May 91 UPOV Convention to prevent the peasants and indigenous peoples to save the seed and extend the lifetime of the rights and interests of transnational corporations selling hybrid and transgenic seeds […]
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Photographer Marcela Rodríguez’s arrest while covering a protest against a major hydroelectric project on 13 May and a government agency’s refusal to fund distribution of filmmaker Elena Varela’s documentary about the Mapuche people’s land dispute with the authorities have revived concern about a tendency to suppress coverage of environmental issues in Chile. Read Article
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Three Molotov cocktails thrown at dawn on Thursday May 12 led to a principle of fire in the offices of the local police court and the Registrar in the district of Penalolen, in the foothills of Santiago. One of the guards managed to extinguish the fire with the help of police that were circulating in […]
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With advances like electricity generation through solar panels and safety and security measures enforced for visitors, the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), opened the Visitor Reception Center Orongo in Rapa Nui National Park, cataloged worldwide. This is one of the buildings m, ore modern of the island, but that fully respects the identity of the local […]
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About 29.5 percent of all convicted, Pinochet-era human rights violators are currently in jail, according to recent analysis by the Human Rights Observatory office of the Unversidad Diego Portales announced last week. The study determined that a total of 777 former security agents had been tried and found guilty since Chile’s return to democracy in […]
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Director Lorena Fríes says reformed anti-terrorism law does not meet international standards. The head of Chile’s Human Rights Institute, Lorena Fríes, asserted this week that there are “sufficient grounds” to cancel the jail sentences given to four indigenous Mapuche activists earlier this year. The four men, members of the radical indigenous resistance group, Coordinadora Arauco […]
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Groups push for the approval of the Anti-Discrimination Law and protection of transsexual rights. The fight against homophobia in Chile is far from over, rights groups say, as countries worldwide commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia today, May 17. Read Article
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Chile’s Economy Minister Juan Andres Fontaine and Chile’s Energy and Mining Minister Laurence Golborne in a meeting with members of Iranian parliamentary friendship group in Santiago announced their country’s readiness for economic cooperation with Iran. Read Article
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The Chilean Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta) will join with the Association of Exporters (Asoex) and nearly 50 other exportation and agricultural associations across Chile to present proposals to, and demand aid from, the government next Friday, May 20. They will convene in Requínoa, in Chile’s Bernardo O’Higgins Region. Read Article
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ACCIONA has won a contract from the CAP group to build and operate for 20 years a plant for the group’s mining operations in the Copiapo Valley (Atacama Region III). The plant will have an initial capacity of 200 liters per second (17 million liters a day) which could be stepped up to a maximum […]
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A complex multi-dam hydroelectric scheme that environmentalists say threatens a pristine area of fjords and valleys in Chile’s remote Patagonia country was approved May 9 by an 11-to-1 vote of the Aysén Environmental Review Commission, a body appointed by the central government to oversee the project, after a three-year assessment. The 2,750-megawatt HidroAysén project includes […]
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A 10-year-old boy who ran away from his home in Bolivia to find his mother travelled 620 miles hidden in a metal container in the wrong direction. Read Article
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Netflix, the film and television subscription service, is working on a push into Latin America and is close to announcing deals with three of the continent’s biggest broadcasters to begin streaming programming online in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Read Article
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Chile’s kiwifruit industry is making inroads with Summerkiwi and Jintao varieties, while the South American country has also started ambitious planting of ENZARed kiwifruit to find new markets. In an industry historically focused on the Hayward variety, Chile is expected to plant around 200 hectares of ENZARed kiwifruit this year while other varieties have also […]
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Chile has been a reliable provider of agricultural products to Korea for many years and is looking to expand and hasten new products into the local market. Beef is big business and one that brings heated debate whenever a new country is looking to establish its product in the minds of local consumers. Read Article
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“Fewer postcards, more reality” is the rallying cry of Chile’s port city of Valparaiso. Residents of this picturesque but dilapidated city have taken to the streets over the city’s inability to keep its iconic cable cars clattering up and down its fabled hills. The “ascensores” are the trademark of a city whose residents are fiercely […]
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U.S. millionaire conservationist Douglas Tompkins has spent decades—and millions of dollars—acquiring about two million acres of pristine land across Argentina and Chile, and he doesn’t waver when asked what he plans to do with his holdings. He is going to give them away. Read Article
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A former member of the Chilean secret police who was involved in killing a former Chilean army chief during that country’s dictatorship was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Argentina, Argentine officials said Friday. Read Article
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Uruguay’s plans to establish a second pulp mill on the Rio de la Plata waterway it shares with Argentina received a boost with a Chilean pledge of investment and Finland’s technical support. Read Article
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HydroAysén, a joint venture between utilities Endesa Chile and Colbún, wants to build five hydropower stations, two on the Baker River and three on the Pascua, to produce an annual 18,400GWh. Protestors want the government to block the development and focus on alternative renewable energy sources to meet looming power shortages in Chile, which has […]
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I’m at the Mont Pelerin Society meeting in Buenos Aires, where I have been learning about the issues facing the future of freedom in South America. One interesting case is that of Chile, whose military government of the 1980s, perhaps surprisingly, introduced a series of free-market liberal reforms. One of these was to change Chile’s […]
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Intercity bus drivers blame poor working conditions and union practices Poor working conditions, union practices and poor oversight are some of the allegations made on Monday the National Federation of Bus and Truck show the situation in which they perform intercity bus drivers. They said the union president Joseph Sandoval, to the serious road accidents […]
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Rescue teams found alive two European tourists who had gone missing on the slopes of the Quetrupillan volcano in Chile’s southeastern La Araucania region, officials said. Italian Anna Lisa Lombardo and Czech citizen Phillip Kunk were spotted Saturday afternoon in the Huililco sector within Villarrica National Park, where the volcano is located, some 800 km […]
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It belongs to Chile, which now has the first electric charging station in South America. The country’s president, Sebastian Pinera, and other top officials presided over a ceremony last week in the smoggy capital city of Santiago. The aim is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution. Read Article
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Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas, regarded as one of Latin America’s greatest modern writers, has died in Santiago at the age of 93, his family has announced. Rojas, who was forced into exile after the 1973 military coup, died today after suffering a debilitating stroke two months ago, one of his sons said. Read Article
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In a letter sent from prison, Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul criticized the political backing of the verdict against him and three other community members. The Mapuche imprisoned in Angol have been on hunger strike since 15 March. The leader of the Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) held that the trial of Cañete is part of the […]
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Chile has set sights on developing its extreme south as a major hub for hydrocarbon development and export, a plan that will see more than $400 million in state and international investments pouring into the area. Read Article
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Even the Military Prosecutor of Valdivia arrived Mapuche community representatives Panguipulli to denounce police officers for abuses committed in the area. The parliament werken Koz Koz, Jorge Hueque, said that the police exceeded their authority to care for the farm Trafún owned forestry enterprise Vertientes, conducting illegal searches of the area communities. Read Article
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You arrive after a long flight to Santiago and one of the first things on your list to do is exchange euros or dollars into Chilean currency. The guidebooks tell you to go to Paseo Ahumada y Moneda where many of the exchange houses are and a million people pass through the area daily. Two […]
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A peak of wind over 40 knots (a lot) rocked us out of the South Pacific and we finally reached Easter Island, the end point of our trip with the 5 Gyres project exploring plastic pollution in the ocean. Read Article
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Spanish TV host Mario Kreutzberger isn’t done yet with a paternity case in Chile. A DNA test had found no link between the “Sabado Gigante” host known as Don Francisco and a Chilean man claiming to be his son. Read Article
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Local authorities hope to mirror the success of the town’s Argentine counterpart, Ushuaia, a tourism magnet just 25 miles away, and become a centre for Antarctica-bound tourism. Read Article
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Indian detectives have left for Chile to verify reports that a man held by police in Santiago was linked to the 1999 hijack of an Indian passenger plane, officials said today. Read Article
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According to the latest National Survey on Urban Safety, the Region of Tarapaca is the only one representing a rise in the percentage of households vistimizados nationwide, up 38.7% (2009) to 46.8% ( 2010). However, in contrast with that level of victimization, the study indicates that this area is the least complaints made to police. […]
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The Health Ministry, together with the SEREMIS of Health and the Institute of Public Health, ISP, made a contingency plan on the eve of Easter to control the quality of seafood and prevent the spread of red tide. Read Article
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For the second week of June, health officials expect the epidemic of influenza in the country. The Secretary of Health, Jorge Diaz , said the expectations are is “very minor” compared to other years, and called on the people within the risk groups to come to the vaccine. Read Article
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Three remain in custody Brigade sub-inspectors of Police Narcotics Investigation Iquique, for his alleged involvement in an armed robbery against two Bolivians. The incident occurred in the border sector Colchane far as 263 miles inland from Iquique. According to initial investigations, the police controlled the foreigners who were waiting for a bus and forced them […]
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Police arrested a man 19 years after arrange a telephone scam a woman domiciled in Vitacura. Luis Riquelme Maldonado was arrested for being the main suspects called the victim of 36 years, who said he was participating in a contest. To access a $ 150 000 for 12 months, should withdraw amounts of money not […]
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The incident occurred around 08.00 hrs this morning at kilometer 138 on the route B-1, when for reasons to be investigated, a bus company Sol del Norte route from Tocopilla to Antofagasta overturned, falling to roadside. Read Article
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On April 8, 2010, a 61 year-old French tourist visiting the geysers near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile collapsed and died of apparent cardiac arrest. The victims name is listed as Alan Francoise B. Emergency crews were not able to reach the victim in time to render service. The are is located at 4,000 […]
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In the last hours of the OS-7 police nationwide made various micro-traffic control actions, making the arrest of more than 60 microtraficantes, paving more than 40 buildings and making the confiscation of a large amount of drugs. In several raids carried out in major cities of our country, police in the OS-7 carried out raids […]
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The two dairy giants formed their Dairy Partners Americas venture in 2002, to processes and market milk and consumer dairy products in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia and Argentina. Read Article
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Chile’s central bank said Tuesday that commerce led the growth, especially exports in fruit, timber, fishing and transport services. February also saw the world’s top copper exporter benefit from record high prices of about $10,000 a ton. Read Article
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In just seven years, the capital fell by 9.8% the rate of afforestation. This means that during that period the city cut down 512 000 trees and shrubs to replace houses or streets, or which became vacant lots due to lack of resources to maintain the vegetation. Read Article
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Yesterday, Bolivian foreign minister David Choquehuanca accused Chile of not only failing to keep to the spirit of the 1904 Peace and Friendship Treat, but also of obstructing it by not allowing the free movement of passengers and freight from El Alto to the port of Arica, on the Chilean coast. Bolivian president Evo Morales […]
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New research, published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience, highlights San Rafael Glacier in Patagonia, which has retreated about 5 miles since the peak of the Little Ice Age, BBC News reports. Glaciers have lost volume on average “10 to 100 times faster” in the last 30 years. Read Article
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Last Monday morning at 06:30 am and Israeli tourist started an unauthorized fire in Pudeto at the Horns of Paine Lookout at Lake Nordenskjola in Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile. The fire caused minimal damage but burned ten square meters. The tourist has been ordered to appear at the Magistrates Court in […]
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Land ice is melting virtually everywhere in the world, one of the central pieces of evidence that the earth is warming. Scientists have long known that this synchronized ice melt seemed to be picking up speed in many places, but detailed measurements for individual glaciers and ice fields have been hard to come by. Read […]
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The Chilean Navy has taken delivery of its first anti-submarine warfare (ASW) configuration Airbus Military C295. Based on the Maritime Patrol (MPA) version, the C295 ASW is the first ASW type designed and certified in Europe since the 1960s’ Bréguet Atlantic. Read Article
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The project would be located on 50 square meters and the final product would be sold as a tea infusion. Appealing to the measure. That’s what made the agronomist Alvaro Gomez, owner of Agrofuturo, a company that on 31 January had been empowered by the SAG for marijuana plants in his farm in Los Angeles. […]
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26 years ago the Health Ministry and Enami Codelco Ventanas Ventanas-today-were the first studies showing the presence of heavy metals in soil and water for Windows, V Region. So, be warned a “chronic poisoning” in people by emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (PM10). Read Article
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A 541-day imprisonment was ordered sent a 20-year-old was charged as having committed the crime of abortion, a procedure sanctioned under Chilean law. Read Article
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Shell is going to leave Chile. Anglo-Dutch oil company sold its refining and distribution to the local group Quiñenco. The transaction closed on $ 614 million. Read Article
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Chilean research consortium aims to create Thompson Seedless table grapes that are resistant to fungal disease, but the product is not yet near the commercialization stage. The project has been undertaken by the Agricultural Investigation Institute (INIA), Fundación Chile, Agrícola Brown and Biofrutales. Read Article
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A Peruvian agricultural consortium has told Agraria.pe the country’s average agricultural wage could rise from US$15 to US$30 per day in 10 years, with continued labor shortages expected as the industry expands. Peruvian Agro Consortium (COPERAGRO) manager Ángel Manero said as the agricultural industry grows it will reach a stage where wages are the same […]
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Antarctica gradually reveals its mysteries. The once was a continent now inaccessible to us as one of the most prolific sources of research results in terms of new plants and animals that can influence the development of science and technology of the future. Chile, which by its geographical position is one of the main gateways […]
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The daughters of Chile’s assassinated former army chief, Gen. Carlos Prats, have sued the Chilean government for $15 million dollars, their lawyer said Wednesday. Read Article
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Flight 266 of American Airlines detected a problem with the landing gear after takeoff from Santiago, Chile to Miami, at 00:15. The crew decided to make a return to Santiago and made an emergency landing at Aeropuerto Arturo Merino Benítez, in the metropolitan region. There were 66 passengers on board and no injuries were reported. […]
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Targeted incidents are recorded on Tuesday night in various parts of the country, under the so-called “Day of the Young Combatant” (Dia del Joven Combatiente)which commemorates the death of the Vergara brothers dictatorship. Campfires, stone throwing and attempted to burn a minibus have been the norm during the early hours of the night has been […]
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Today, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter will announce the decision of government to postpone the change into winter time until May 7th. Read Article
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The National Emergency Office (Onemi) said Monday Red Alert Lolol commune in the O’Higgins Region, by a forest fire in the area of “Nilahue High.” The fire affected an area of 60 hectares of eucalyptus, scrub and grassland, and also present a danger of spreading to inhabited areas. Read Article
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Conducted for the first time last October, the evaluation showed that 89% of students couldn’t understand everyday phrases and short, simple texts. Acknowledging the poor results, Education Minister Joaquín Lavín admitted that it was not a surprise, as “we know our reality and we knew our weaknesses, but we must be clear that what is […]
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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales decided after a meeting with social organizations, call former presidents and foreign ministers who worked in the maritime claim against Chile to discuss the strategy that drives the government to regain sovereign access to the Pacific. “It’s important to know the contributions of these former officials who played a […]
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A dead criminal was the outcome of a confrontation between a band that tried stealing an ATM in Isla de Maipo, and staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Organized Crime (Brico) of the PDI. Read Article
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SN Power – a Norwegian hydroelectric company – faces strong, well-organized indigenous and environmental opposition to four of their projects in Chile, forcing the company to consider putting their projects up for sale. The company has reportedly hired business consultant Celfin Capital for advice on the necessary steps to either sell the projects – valued […]
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A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revealed that Chile is the OECD country where families have to pay the highest percentage of the total cost of a degree. Between 2005 and 2010 students at Chile’s universities were forced to pay rising tuition fees. Families in Chile have to pay […]
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Minimum wage, no overtime pay and the Cape of snack time are the main allegations Ekono workers, who meet today 15 day strike. All labor problems that have occurred in the countries where Wal-Mart, which acquired control of D & S in 2009 – the largest retail company in the world, has branches. Read Article
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Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced on Sunday plans for Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Chile to create a new economic bloc, in an interview with El Tiempo. Garcia told the Colombian newspaper that plans are in place for the leaders of each nation to meet in Lima on May 2 in order to set out a […]
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One of the most violent days of the Chilean police history in recent years took place yesterday with the murder of two detectives, one of three clashes between police and the murderer. The series of shootings arose from the municipality of San Bernardo. A PDI patrol was attacked by a man with great firepower, players […]
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Bolivia has said it will take Chile to international courts to try to recover access to the Pacific Ocean, which it lost in a war 132 years ago. President Evo Morales said Chile had failed to respond to a deadline he had set for progress in negotiations. Read Article
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Chile will allow imports of a larger array of US beef products, US officials said Wednesday following US President Barack Obama’s visit to the South American country. “Expanding our market for US beef exports to Chile is an important advance,” US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said, noting US beef and beef product exports to Chile […]
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A few days ago found three cases of people who visited the Hospital and Clinic Magallanes, presumably spider bite, the health authority denied that these injuries were caused by the spider in the corner. Read Article FILE IN SPANISH REGARDING SPIDERS IN MAGALLANES, CHILE
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38 kilos of cocaine base were seized by officers of the IDPs, who found the drug hidden inside an interprovincial bus in La Calera, Fifth Region. Read Article
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