I Love Chile’s Ruth Tidy wanted to go to Moby’s Santiago concert–and found herself rubbing shoulders with the VIPs. Moby’s known as a musician who absorbs, inspires and envelops his audience, and he certainly did so when he performed in Santiago at the Movistar arena on Tuesday night. Through a stroke of luck I had [...]
Fresh off their first game against Malaysia just yesterday, Ireland were back, this time facing off against Scotland. Five minutes into the game Laura Barlett, with a right side circle entry, created Scotland’s first penalty corner: unfortunately for Scotland, it was poorly executed. They came around again with a second attempt but again found themselves [...]
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Malaysia defeated Ireland to earn its first victory at the BDO World Qualifier on a very hot afternoon here in Santiago, Chile. The 3-0 win brings Malaysia back into action. From the very beginning of the match, Malaysia imposed a fast pace attack with long passes to their forwards, keeping the Irish defense on their [...]
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The cueca brava dance is a style of cueca from Chile which differs from the traditional dance. Born in Chile in the mid-50s, its origins are related to the brothels and taverns from around Santiago and Valparaiso. Its main founders are Roberto Parra and Hernán Núñez Oyarce. fiona.woods
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On Friday the administrative officer for the Santiago metropolitan region declared a preventative environmental warning to preempt the possible worsening of air quality in the capital. The goal: to protect the health of the population. This means that a permanent restriction for vehicles that have license plates ending in the digits 5, 6, 7, and [...]
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The very first day of 2011 is set to be an exciting one for motor heads and rally enthusiasts alike as the Dakar Rally kicks off the new year in host countries Chile and Argentina. Running from the 1st of January until the 16th, the 33rd Dakar, long distance endurance race will see over 300 [...]
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46% of commercial establishments in the major cities of Chile were victim of theft or burglary in the second half of 2009, according to the latest study by La Camara de Chile (CNC) and Adimark. The survey was conducted between January 29 and February 18, 2010, and covered 604 establishments, including department stores, supermarkets, pharmacies, [...]
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A 16 year old youth is in custody today after being arrested after allegedly stabbing his brother, Manuel Muñoz González, 18, to death in a home in Providenca. The altercation occurred in Switzerland st, around 10pm Tuesday March 27th. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is being held temporarily at the National [...]
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Onemi, Chile’s National Emeregency Office, reported an earthquake of moderate intensity at 9:41 am in the Bio Bío region. According to the agency, the quake was felt in the Bío and La Araucanía, reaching intensities that ranged from grade 2 and 5 Mercalli. In Concepcion, Coronel and Talcahuano , the intensity was felt as 5 [...]
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A new earthquake struck this morning in the stricken region of Bio Bio, the same area that suffered the greatest intensity of the Feb 27 Mega-quake. The quake this morning had a magnitude of 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale. According to the information released from the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred at [...]
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