SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
The Last Chile Daily News Brief of 2010: December 31st
According to the latest Chilean public survey by the Centro Estudios Publicos, CEP, the popularity of President Sebastián Piñera remained the same during the months of November and December reaching a high of 44%. The survey showed that the disapproval rating towards the President increased by 5 points, reaching 34%. Meanwhile 56% of those surveyed [...]
New Year “a la Chilena”
By Camila Casanova There are several things that people don’t know about Chilean New Year celebrations. Firstly, Chile is a country full of traditions and that makes it unique. 1971 saw the first New Year ceremony where Jesuits lifted a bell in the upper side of a Church in order to wait for the coming [...]
Government names the first female Tourism Sub-secretary
President Sebastian Piñera has assigned Jacqueline Plass – current Transitory Director of Sernatur – as the country’s first female Tourism Sub-secretary. This is a new institution which started out of the enacted Tourism Bill, and which will start ruling from January 1st of 2011. It seeks to enhance national tourism in order to use it [...]
Community Manager Diploma is launched in Chile
New diploma programme aims to help communications professionals use digital media to interact better with internet users. Starting in May of 2011, the Communication and New Technologies Institute of Universidad Mayor, the Antroponet consultancy office and Global Productions, will launch the first Diploma in Community Management which aims to instruct professionals from different fields in [...]
Chile Daily News Brief: December 30th
The vice-president of the National Board of Kinder Garten, Ximena Ossandón, has handed in her resignation. The decision followed widespread criticism after she issued a statement about her work and salary via Twitter. On Wednesday, Ossandón tweeted that she has done a good job as vice president of Junji but added that her payment was [...]
Unusual weather expected for today and New Year
Today, December 29, rain is expected between the 5th and 7th region, according to a weather forecast by the Dirección Meteorológica de Chile. The downpours will mainly affect the Andes and pre-Andes areas in the evening and might be accompanied with smaller thunderstorms. Weaker showers are likely to come down over Santiago’s east sector, while [...]
President gives unprecedent account of first 10 months in government
On Monday December 27th, the President of the Republic, Sebastian Piñera, made an unprecedented public account of his government, with the intention of ending the year with a review of the major milestones and achievements of 2010, in addition to outlining the main challenges ahead for 2011. “Starting a new tradition in our country, we [...]
Metro Baquedano reopen after false bomb threat
Baquedano Metro station has already returned to normal after an alleged bomb threat earlier this morning. The connection between lines 1 and 5 was closed at around 9.15 this morning and trains on line 5 did not stop at the station. The alert followed a call to the emergency services from an anonymous woman warning [...]
Top 10 main informatics threats in Chile
According to NovaRed, the most common threats recently discovered vary from spams to the lost of electronic devices. This year, Chile suffered several informatics attacks such as the attack against the Judicial system, the National Football Association being hacking and the bank account password being stolen from the national singer Luis Jara. In addition to [...]
Chile Daily News Brief: December 29
President Sebastián Piñera launched a preview of the 2014 Odesur Games. The ceremony was held at La Moneda with the Chilean head of state along with the sports undersecretary Gabriel Ruiz-Table and several sports personalities’ representatives of different sports areas. At the ceremony the President presented the 30 sport disciplines proposed by Chile for the [...]