“We at I LOVE CHILE &The Pulse magazine sponsor Julie Gibson (who lives here in Santiago, Chile) for the Hopenhagen Ambassador. She will be the best representative and she has our vote!” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/hopenhagen-ambassador-con_n_363672.html?slidenumber=x9QsKfB8XF8=#slide_image HuffPost in conjunction with Hopenhagen.org is sending one person to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to both represent concerns of [...]
The Chilean President traveled Sunday to Estoril, Portugal. Michelle Bachelet participated yesterday in the opening of the 19th Ibero-American Summit in Portugal. The President also met with Shakira, the Colombian singer and promoter of the Foundation Latin American in Solidarity Action. They both addressed the topic of Child Poverty in Latin America. Tomorrow, Bachelet will [...]
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The Chilean President traveled Thursday to the Vatican City. On Friday, Michelle Bachelet and the Argentinean President, Cristina Kirchner, will have a meeting with the Pope, Benedict 16, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1984 Peace Treaty between the two neighboring countries. On Thursday, the right-wing Presidential Candidate, Sebastián Piñera, presented his Government Plan [...]
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Yesterday, Michelle Bachelet welcomed the Palestinian President, Mahmud Abas, at the Palacio la Moneda. After visiting Brazil and Argentina, Abas arrived in Chile to gather support for the United Nations to recognize Palestine as a State. The President will participate in the opening of the Paseo Palestina in Estación Central, and in a meeting with [...]
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Join Charlotte Mountford as she catches up with Camilo Becerra, director of Perro Muerto, at I Love Chile Café. Part I Part II Movie Clip Daniel BrewingtonFounder & Chief Executive Officer of I Love Chile news, Daniel loves Chile. Living here since 2002, Daniel, his wife and 3 children made Chile their home. I Love [...]
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Peruvians consider Chile as the least friendly neighboring country. After the maritime dispute between 2006 and 2007, and the allegations of espionage against Chile this year, a survey conducted at the Universidad de Lima showed that only 2 % of Peruvians approve of Chile, whereas the 52 % considered Brazil as their best ally. The [...]
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The Independent Democratic Union, or UDI, criticized its Presidential Candidate, Sebastián Piñera, for including a homosexual couple in his TV spot. According to the General Secretary of the political party, Víctor Pérez, as a representative of a right-wing party, Piñera should understand that there are different points of view on gay issues within the coalition. [...]
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The Chilean National Commission for the Environment, or Conama, is launching a campaign to promote the “3R”; reducing, recycling and reusing. According to the Director of the Commission, Alejandro Donoso, Chileans use 3,000 plastic bags per year, that’s 200 bags per person. In Santiago, only a 14 % of waste is recycled. The purpose of [...]
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In the summer of 1994, for reasons too depressing to mention, I woke up on a piss-stained, cushionless sofa covered in cat hair in an anarchist squat house on Broadway Street in Vancouver. I’d spent previous days playing my guitar on the corner of Granville and Robinson. On this very same corner was a particularly [...]
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