“Thanks for everything kids!” blared the headline of La Cuarta, Chile’s decidedly populist news daily yesterday. The national team may have been thrust out of the World Cup after a 3-0 thrashing from five-time champions Brazil, but they will be welcomed home as heroes. Known as “La Roja” (The Reds) Chile’s team was the [...]
The Texan company, Fluor Corp, who are the United State´s largest publicly traded engineering company, announced yesterday that it has won a contract to provide construction and engineering services to a new copper mine being built in central Chile. Minera Lumina Copper Chile, a joint venture between the Tokyo-based Pan pacific Copper Co and the [...]
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THE FINAL SCORE: Spain 1-0 Portugal (Villa) The Line-Ups: Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta, 16-Sergio Busquets; 9-Fernando Torres, 7-David Villa Portugal: 1-Eduardo; 2-Bruno Alves, 21-Ricardo Costa, 6-Ricardo Carvalho, 23-Fabio Coentrao, 16-Raul Meireles, 15-Pepe, 19-Tiago, 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 11-Simao Sabrosa, 18-Hugo Almeida. The clash everyone was [...]
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September 17th and 20th approved as holidays Senators of the Christian Democratic Party have voted yes for the bill declaring September 17th and 20th as holidays. The law was passed with 22 votes in favor and 15 against, agreeing to oppose the government’s initiative to assign only one holiday for the Independence Day festivities. Senator [...]
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This week marks one of the last and most intense weeks of debate between government lobbyists and Chilean congress members around the controversial proposal to increase Chile´s minimum wage by 3 percent. As of yet, the government does not have the sufficient number of votes to pass the proposal. The contingency of representatives who have [...]
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Road traffic accidents leave 19 dead over the long weekend Police estimates put the figure of vehicles that left Santiago this weekend at 115,000. Although the figure was 35,000 less cars than the police expected, 19 people still lost their lives on the various roads in the Metropolitan area. Initial reports indicate that alcohol was [...]
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THE FINAL SCORE: Brazil 3-0 Chile (Juan, Fabiano, Robinho) The Line-ups: Brazil: 1-Julio Cesar; 2-Maicon, 3-Lucio, 4-Juan, 6-Michel Bastos, 18-Ramires, 8-Gilberto Silva, 13-Dani Alves, 10-Kaka, 11-Robinho, 9-Luis Fabiano Chile: 1-Claudio Bravo; 4-Mauricio Isla, 5-Pablo Contreras, 2-Ismael Fuentes, 8-Arturo Vidal, 11-Mark Gonzalez, 6-Carlos Carmona, 18-Gonzalo Jara, 9-Humberto Suazo, 15-Jean Beausejour, 7-Alexis Sanchez. Brazil brought their flavor [...]
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Santiago safety measures in place for Chile – Brazil match Security will be in the hands of 1,500 police officers in downtown Santiago today when Chile play Brazil in what promises to be a nail-biting game. In Santiago the game will be shown on big screens in two places, Plaza de la Constitución and Paseo [...]
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