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A strong earthquake rattled central Chile on Sunday, panicking residents but apparently causing no serious injuries or damage, authorities said.
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The FINANCIAL — Making the push to the Cloud may no longer be a yes or no decision for Latin American businesses - it will become a necessity.
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I couldn’t avoid, me too had to shed some tears after watching the miraculous Chilean miners rescue, many more did like i did. I have been monitoring the...
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After nearly two months trapped in a collapsed copper mine, 33 miners begin training Monday for the final chapter of their underground odyssey: escape.
As three...
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Drilling equipment pounded its way into one of the caverns where 33 miners have been trapped for a month and a half, completing a bore hole ahead of schedule Friday and...
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The 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile may be brought back to the surface as early as November, according to a document provided to workers on the...
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The lessons that could help keep 33 trapped Chilean miners safe and sane during their months underground were learned at desperate times in isolated places: ice-bound...
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Claudio Yáñez wants beer and a hot dog. Esteban Rojas wants to finally have a real church wedding with his wife of 25 years. Raúl Bustos wants to hug his...
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The 33 miners who have survived nearly three weeks after a cave-in at a gold and copper mine in northern Chile will have to hold out another three months while rescuers...
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A ban on miniskirts didn’t last long in Chile, where a governor faced protests by women who otherwise share his conservative views.
Coquimbo region Gov. Sergio...
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Mexico and Chile are formally recognizing the government of Honduran President Porfirio Lobo a year after his predecessor was ousted by a military-backed coup.
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The gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow in Chile, with the income of the poorest of households in the Latin American nation stagnating over the last...
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Argentina’s government will provide $300 million in loans to Chile to help with reconstruction efforts after February’s powerful...
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Chile’s Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday urged President Sebastian Pinera to grant a sweeping pardon to aged and long-serving inmates — and the fact it would...
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Lying in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Easter Island came into the limelight on Sunday as thousands of foreign tourists were flocking to the remote island, the best...
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Riding in a fake funeral procession with a hearse decorated with flower sprays and farewell messages, some 280 police officers slipped into the crowded La Legua slum in...
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Before February’s devastating quake, Fernando Echeverria ran a major construction company and led Chile’s powerful chamber of builders, which successfully...
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The non-profit group Un Techo para Chile (A Roof for Chile) said Monday that it has erected 18,412 temporary dwellings for some of the hundreds of thousands of people...
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A Pakistani man who was briefly detained after trace explosives were detected on him at the US embassy in Chile, has staunchly denied the explosives charge lodged...
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The Chilean government said Tuesday that it is seeking to hold for at least three more days a Pakistani man who was arrested at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago after what...
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A 16-year-old boy in Chile has been charged with killing his elder brother in a fight over the use of a PlayStation, police have said.
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Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi corporal and founder of a cult-like community in Chile, has died in prison aged 88.
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The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Chile have met the country’s president amid a growing sex abuse scandal involving a number of priests.
Earlier this...
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Now four men who were once devoted followers have filed a criminal complaint alleging that Father Karadima, now 79, sexually abused them in secret for years.
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First, Haiti had...
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Chile’s Supreme Court has been rebuked for a ruling in which a woman lost custody of her children because she was living with her lesbian partner.
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A fire has now burned 4,500 hectares (11,000 acres) in the southern Chilean region of Bio Bio and has damaged properties belonging to several forestry companies, the...
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The past several months has seen several major earthquakes (and a minor one in Turkey, and maybe one elsewhere) in Haiti, Chile and Mexico.
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Chilean President Sebastian Pinera Monday announced a housing plan involving 2.543 billion U.S. dollars for families affected by the Feb. 27 earthquake.
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Russian specialists have helped 41 people affected by the Chilean earthquake since they arrived to the devastated country, a Russian emergencies ministry representative...
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A massive power failure has plunged quake-ravage Chile into darkness, stretching 2,000km (1,250 miles) and affecting up to 90% of the population.
In Santiago thousands...
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After being sworn in as president of Chile on Thursday, Sebastian Pinera worked into night discussing measures with cabinet members for recovery from the 8.8-magnitude...
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The strongest tremors felt since the Feb. 27 8.8-magnitude earthquake cut short the ceremony where Michelle Bachelet handed over the reigns of the country to Chile’s...
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Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile’s new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes...
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The 35-year-old Aaltonen drives her flatbed lorry up a narrow road to the mountain, where a rolling landscape opens up. There is even a volcano in the distance. A large...
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Riot police officers disperse demonstrators during a Labor Day rally in downtown Santiago, Friday, May 1, 2009.
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