SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Chile’s Students Back on the Streets
SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the current state of the education system in Chile. While the Chilean government has made a number of concessions since the student protests began in June 2011, the changes have failed to impress. As FECh president Gabriel Boric announced, “The students don’t [...]
Student March Set For Wednesday, May 16
SANTIAGO — Wednesday at 11 a.m., university and secondary school students are due to gather in Plaza Italia as part of their ongoing demands of Sebastián Piñera’s government for free, quality state-education. The planned route from Plaza Italia is to march down the Alameda until Mac Iver, from which protestors will head northwards until Avenida [...]
Indigenous Focus: Chile’s Supreme Court Confronts Consultation, Identity
SANTIAGO — Last week, Chile’s Supreme Court issued another decision in favor of indigenous peoples. This adds to the list of recent decisions that are slowly advancing in Chile the indigenous right to consultation. This latest decision involved the Comunidad Agrícola los Huasco Altinos and the “El Morro” mining project, owned by Sociedad Contractual Minera [...]
Police Find San Borja Baby Kidnapper
Santiago’s Investigative Police Department – PDI – have found the woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from San Borja hospital yesterday evening at 6:30 pm. The kidnapper, a peruvian woman identified as Lupe Carbonell Cisneros, posed as a nurse, going into the baby’s room to ask the mother, Alejandra Martínez González, if she could take the [...]
Man dies in Santiago Metro
According to state owned Metro S.A., the company that manages Santiago’s metro network, at 10:11 a.m. this morning 46 year old Héctor Lopez Morales fell on to the tracks at the Manuel Montt metro station dying instantly. In order to facilitate the recovery of Mr. Lopez’s body, the stations Salvador, Manuel Montt, Pedro de Valdivia [...]
Supreme Court Orders Passalacqua to Pay $7 million for Camiroaga Slander
SANTIAGO — Chile’s Supreme Court has ordered that TV journalist Ítalo Passalacqua must pay the late Felipe Camiroaga’s family $7 million in compensation after being found guilty of slander against the beloved TV star. The allegations of slander date back to May 2008, when Passalaqcua made disparaging comments on Camiroaga’s brother’s supposed homosexuality on TV [...]
Chile Among the Best Countries for Being a Child
SANTIAGO – An international report verifies Chile among the best countries in South America for being a child. The NGO “Save the Children” categorizes Chile in fifth place among 83 developing nations. Iceland, Sweden, and Japan are the worldwide leading countries for birth and development for children. Save The Children take factors such as health, [...]
A/H1N1 flu deaths reach 19, with 7,342 infections
SANTIAGO — Chilean health authorities on Friday reported two newly-confirmed A/H1N1 flu deaths, which brought the country’s overall flu-related deaths to 19. There have been a total of 7,342 infections. One of the victims, a 36-year-old student paramedical technician, was an unusual case. He did not have any pre-existing conditions. He died of pneumonia after [...]
Chileans get UFO shock above Santiago
SANTIAGO – Pedestrians in Chile’s capital looked to the sky, thinking that some unidentified flying objects were flying overhead. Instead, it was part of a cultural event organized by Universidad Mayor, in order to celebrate the “Dia del Teatro” (Day of Theater). The students released a number of grey balloons into the sky, which then [...]
Chilean stars race to promote Atacama Solar Race
SANTIAGO – Some of the biggest names in Chilean television gathered in order to promote the Atacama Solar Challenge, a solar race in the Atacama Desert which will begin on November 15. The event took place today at Espacio Riesco event center, despite the lack of sun to power the vehicles, as part of the Feria Internacional [...]