Chile

Authorities reported that some 30 Chilean students were hurt, some seriously, in an explosion Wednesday that occurred inside their capital school and was triggered by Molotov cocktails they were reportedly handling. At a press conference, Health...

The confirmed death toll from ferocious wildfires in central Chile has risen to 112, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday. Undersecretary Manuel Monsalve told a press conference that the medical examiner has received “112 people dead,...

At least 51 people have died as a result of wildfires raging over Chile, leaving bodies in the streets and destroyed homes. As of Sunday, the number of fatalities is predicted to grow. A state of...

Anti-government protests erupt again in Chile. Which started last year with a focus on metro rail fares. Later it was formed to demand pension, health sector and education system reforms. Violent protests erupted in the capital,...

Chile government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a flexible range of loans of approximately $23.8 billion over two years, IMF stated in a statement. IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva plans to recommend endorsement of...

More than one million people took to the streets in Chile Friday for the largest protests in a week of deadly demonstrations demanding economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera. The leader told the...

Building Energy SpA, a multinational Italian company operating as a Global Integrated IPP (Independent Power Producer) in the renewable energy sector, has inaugurated the Queule photovoltaic park, located in the Municipality of Las Cabras, in the region of O’Higgins. The plant, realized by Building Energy Andes SpA, a...

At the request of the Government of Chile, IOM, the UN Migration Agency has opened the first Visa Service Centre for Chile (CAVC) in Haiti, to help Haitian migrants find legal pathways to the South American...

It seems nothing can escape the inexorable spread of light pollution not even the giant telescopes probing the heavens above northern Chile, a region whose pristine dark skies, long considered a paradise for astronomers, are under...

News Hour: Scientists in Chile have discovered molecules in two species of Antarctic flowers that protect the plants from solar radiation and could potentially be used in products such as sunscreen for humans and protection of...