SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Australia earns their place in the hockey World Cup
The Hockeyroos appear on target this weekend beating Ireland 4 to 1 at Manquehue Hockey Club in Santiago, Chile in the second last game of the women’s hockey World Cup qualifiers. The win sealed their entrance into the hockey World Cup. Australia controlled the game from the beginning, with Hope Munro her efficiency to deflect [...]
Sincerity of Piñera’s Women, Work and Maternity Commission questioned
When President Sebastian Piñera announced the creation of the Women, Work and Maternity Commission last week, he called it a historic step to define and stabilize the position of women in the workplace, while at the same time recognizing the nuclear family as a pillar of Chilean society. The commission is composed of a variety [...]
Southern tourism industry calls for destruction of anti-tank land mines
Although the tourism industry recognizes progress made in the destruction of antipersonnel land mines, tourism operators in Chile´s extreme south has urged the Chilean government to destruct fields with anti-tank land mines as well, signaling that these mines are not only dangerous for buses of tourists, but also lend a bad image to the region, [...]
Piñera Seeks to make entrepreneurship easier
According to a report published by “El Mercurio” this morning, Piñera´s regime will push a policy aiming to reduce the time necessary to create a company from an average 27 to an average of 12 days. If this could be achieved, Chile would surpass the standards of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), [...]
Scotland dominates over Malaysia in Hockey
While both Malaysia and Scotland have shown great determination and the ability to adjust well to the challenges of coming late to the start of this tournament, it was on the scoreboard that Scotland dominated over Malaysia and something that the Malaysian team was attempting to change with this game. Scotland obtained their first Penalty [...]
Chile’s News Brief: May 3rd
“Our work is now focused on reconstruction.” Those were the words spoken by the Minister of Education, Joaquin Lavin, on Sunday to explain what will be his new mission in the wake of the earthquake that has affected thousands of students in the country. The Minister said that 51 schools and high schools must be [...]
Australia settles into the lead after beating Scotland
While Australia did win the match, it was still an outstanding performance from Scotland that kept everyone captivated and promised that the score was not guaranteed until the final whistle. During the first part of the match Australia battled for the ball possession but the Scottish was determined to compete. Scotland kept the pressure on [...]
Robert McKee’s press conference in Chile
Watch the Q and A session with story-writing guru Robert Mckee, held at the W Hotel in Santiago, Chile Part I Part II Robert McKee, born 1941, is a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular “Story Seminar”, which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. [...]
XIII Concurso Mundial de Sommeiler Chile 2010
Join Ruth Tidy and Felipe Valdivia on the final day of the competition as they talk to some of the finest sommeliers in the world.