President Sebastián Piñera’s government will provide the Chilean municipalities that were the most affected by the February 27th earthquake with an extra CLP$30 billion in revenues. Aiming especially at the cities where the earthquake resulted in a drastic drop of various revenue resources, these municipalities will receive up to a third of the new envelop. [...]
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 [...]
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The Chamber of Deputees’ Inquiry on the Transantiago Deficit published today its report with possible options to increase the efficiency of the transit system. Moreover, the report emphasized that consensus should be reached in order to implement the required modifications. Written jointly by Deputy Mónica Zalaquett of the Independent Democratic Union and Christian-Democrat Deputy Juan [...]
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Five regions from the Metropolis to La Araucanía were affected by a second interruption of power at 2:40 this morning. Electricity was back by 5:30, just before most people start getting ready for the day. The second blackout in Chile in less than 24 hours, today’s shortage affected 30% of the national electric grid. The [...]
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Unemployment in Greater Santiago still affects 8,9% of Santiaguinos of age to be looking out for a job. The Survey on Activity and Inactivity in the Greater Santiago conducted by the Department of Economics of the University of Chile found that 255,700 in the vicinity are currently unable to make a living off their own. [...]
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A power outage this morning brought darkness over Chile, from Taltal in the north to Chiloé in the south. The generalized power cut affected the national electric grid called, the Sistema Interconectado Central (SIC), just before 11am. Most likely, the blackout was the result of a power breakdown at the Polpaico power station, at the [...]
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Experts from around Latin American gathered from Wednesday July 21st to Friday the 23rd during a forum hosted by the Academia de Humanismo and Alberto Hurtado Universities. Discussing and debating on various topics, academics ended the three day seminar on Friday exposing the “Inequality: Legitimacy and Conflict within Latin American Societies.” Special emphasis was given [...]
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A new aftershock of 5,1 on the Richter scale hit the region around Concepción just before 10am this morning. According to the Servicio Sismológico de la Universidad de Chile, the epicentre of the most recent tremor occurred some 32 km northeast of Arauco and 9.3km underground. No injuries were reported to the authorities and communication [...]
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New anthrax envelope delivered to the Foreign Office A week after a package filled with anthrax was delivered last Tuesday to the Foreign Office in downtown Santiago, the same ministry received a second threatening package this morning, triggering a widespread operation by the police corp. An anonymous source told Emol that once again the package [...]
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