SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
UN-led rebuilding project unites community
1,472 new houses are nearing completion in earthquake-hit Chile, thanks to a multi-sector alliance including the families themselves, led by the UN’s Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM). Five months after February’s disastrous earthquake, more than 1000 families have now moved into their new homes in the regions of Maule and Bio Bio. The project, [...]
Low Rent with special guests: Los Peores de Chile
Mario Carneiro or “Pogo” – one of the most influential, iconoclastic, and always controversial figures in the Latin American punk rock movement throughout the 80s and 90s, will be visiting the one year anniversary of the ‘Low Rent’ program on Santiago Radio tonight for a live interview between 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm. Pogo was [...]
Chile’s Daily News Brief: July 30th
President Piñera gets 49 Percent Approval in First Survey The first CEPEL (Public Study Center) survey, conducted between June 17 and July 13 of last year, revealed that less than 50 percent of Chileans approve of Piñera’s government first term while 29 percent disapproves of the president’s work so far. The survey included 1,495 people [...]
Cirque du Soleil to Perform Free for Earthquake Victims
Cirque du Soleil to Perform for Free for Earthquake Victims
Fire and Police services get high marks in public opinion in post earthquake ratings
The heroic actions and quick response of fire and police officers just after the February 27 earthquake were rewarded by high marks of public opinion, according to the latest CEP survey . According to the survey, the performance by the fire service to the emergency was recorded at 92% approval, followed by the police service, [...]
Chile’s Daily News Brief: July 29th
Two Post-Earthquake Burglars Sentenced to Jail An Angol Court sentenced two men to prison for looting a store days after the February 27 earthquake. Oscar Orias Castro and Giorge Cáceres Cifuentes were sentenced to 541 days and five years respectively, after taking 16 cellphone covers and a cellphone from a store. Both men were detained on March 5 [...]
The Johnny Rockets restaurant firm opens its first local in Chile
It’s a “new culinary shot,” unique in Chile: a family place with a combination of hamburgers and rock & roll. The owners hope to open five more places in the next three years. Santiago, July 29 th, 2010.- Rock & roll and hamburgers are the stamp of Johnny Rockets, the American restaurant firm that has [...]
A message from the IAC: Give Blood!
“The International Association of Chile is sponsoring a Blood Draw on Wednesday, August 11 from 10:00am – 3:00pm. Organizacion Humaniza, a top-notch organization here in Santiago, did this for us last year and it was great. They will bring beds, nurses, sterile supplies—everything you expect from a well-run blood donation site – to the IAC [...]
Chile’s Daily News Brief: July 28th
President of the Senate blames the Executive branch for lack of action Christian-Democrat Jorge Pizarro complained today about the Government’s lack of concrete action after a second power outage in less than 24 hours in the country. The President of the Senate deems that the Executive branch did not assume, that errors might have caused [...]