(Ed: Sandra Wang, a volunteer with Make-A-Wish Chile shares with us their experience with the USAF) This year’s FIDAE, one of the biggest air shows in the world, was filled with innovative air and space technologies. What made this event even more special was a personal invite Make-A-Wish Chile received from the US Air Force [...]
According to a recently published study by The Institute of International Finance (IIF) the economy of Latin America will grow by 4.8% in the upcoming year. Already during the first half of 2009 the economic situation seemed to be recovering in the most important countries of the region after a rather strog depression during the last months [...]
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Today, March 31st, the distribution of vouchers for people whose name starts with “A” has started. The benefit is for people who received family or maternity allowance on or before 31st of December 2009, and those whose monthly income during the first semester of 2010 was below CLP$458.000. “I will spend the money for my son, [...]
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The Government has informed the public of the new death toll from the earthquake and tsunami. The interior Ministry announced the new number of confirmed victims of the earthquake and tsunami of February 27th. The number reaches 432 deaths in the central and southern area of Chile. The previous amount of victims rose from 342 [...]
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Chilean President Sebastián Piñera welcomed the Confederación de la Producción y del Comercio (The National Confederation of Production and Commerce) and its Head at La Moneda Palace on Monday. President Sebastián Piñera received the support of business leaders, who are willing to accept the President’s measures, during a discussion about the funding of the reconstruction [...]
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Enrique Martin Morales, known better as the singer Ricky Martin, announced this week that he is gay. In a post on his personal website the 38-year-old Puerto Rican born singer announced he was “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.” The [...]
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There are 14.000 vehicles in Santiago which operate as taxis or so called colectivos – taxis which track a certain route and function on a hop-on/hop-off basis. Every two hours one of these vehicles is assaulted. The sub secretary of Investigations, Mario Desbordes, has now launched a mission to reduce the number of assault crimes [...]
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The exhibit ‘The Ancient China and the Terracotta Army’ has had its run extended from late April until May 30th. Housed in La Moneda Palace in Chile’s capital, Santiago, since December 3rd, the exhibit celebrates the Chilean Bicentennial and the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations with China. Previously, after the February 27th earthquake, there had [...]
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Goalkeeper and captain of Chile’s national soccer team, Claudio Bravo, expects to recover quickly from a knee injury he had feared might challenge his World Cup hopes. Bravo damaged a right knee ligament during his Spanish second division club Real Sociedad’s 2-0 defeat by Cordoba on Saturday, March 27th. “I think (I’ll need to rest) [...]
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According to the National Statistics Institute (INE) the Chilean unemployment rate fell to 8.5% in the trimester between December 2009 and February 2010, decreasing 0.2 percentage points in relation to the prior trimester (November 2009 – January 2010). Comparing with last year’s numbers no changes happened, however, the seasonally adjusted rate stands at 0.5 percentage [...]
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