CONCEPCIÓN- An earthquake struck the coast off Concepción midway through the afternoon of Monday, January 23. Concepción was the epicenter of the February 2010 earthquake, and one of the most heavily affected regions. The Chilean navy commented that this tremor was not the kind that would cause a tsunami. The quake was recorded approximately 62km [...]
SANTIAGO – A series of detours are in effect on Alameda in front of and around the University of Santiago due to clashes between students and police. Upon organizing by means of various social networking sites, the students’ intention was to march from Usach, in the area of Estación Central, all the way to Parque Almagro, [...]
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SANTIAGO- Just after 8:30pm tonight, Tuesday 17th January residents of Santiago and other parts of central Chile may have felt a rumble. The stronger of the two tremors measured 6.1 on the Richter scale. The center of the tremor was 52km northeast of Los Vilos, a small coastal town in the Fourth Region. There are [...]
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UPDATE 22:00 hours —20 tourist had to be evacuated because of a forest fire affecting the Torres del Paine National Park. The tourist were moved to a shelter 2 kilometers from the central fire zone. The park is 2,000 kilometers south of Santiago. Local authorities have requested help from the Chilean Army and firefighters from Rio Turbio [...]
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Ten-month-old conjoined twin Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete died on Sunday, Dec. 18 after suffering general organ failure, according to the director of the hospital, Osvaldo Artaza. In an official hospital statement released late Sunday night, it said that Maria Jose had “suffered a flaw in the right side of the heart as a consequence of pulmonary hypertension [...]
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SANTIAGO — After leaders of the student movement met with Cecilia Pérez, the mayor of Providencia, again today, Nov. 24, authorized the march from Plaza Italia this evening. Students had announced before, that they would be marching anyways, whether the government allowed the march or not. The route was planned from Plaza Italia to Alameda. [...]
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An explosive device detonated at 12:13 a.m. at the corporate headquarters of Copesa on Vicuña Mackenna Ave, in downtown Santiago, shattering several windows but causing no injuries. According to the La Tercera website, witnesses said the device detonated just past midnight on November 1st and was apparently concealed in a plastic piggy bank. GOPE police personnel (Chilean Special Forces Police) blocked traffic from north to south along Vicuña Mackenna Ave, in front [...]
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Editor’s Note AYSÉN – 1:30 p.m. Undersecretary of the Interior, Rodrigo Ubilla, has reported that 119 people have now been evacuated from the areas surrounding Volcán Hudson 13 more people are remaining in their homes and two refuse to leave. President Piñera, who is currently in Uruguay, reports that the government hopes to evacuate all those [...]
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Editor’s note: After a strike on Oct. 6 that both the students and the government called the most violent in the history of the five-month long student movement. The students, professors and workers unions of Chile announced at a press conference that evening that a national strike would take place on Oct. 18 and 19 [...]
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Editor’s note: After a strike on Oct. 6 that both the students and the government called the most violent in the history of the five-month long student movement. The students, professors and workers unions of Chile announced at a press conference that evening that a national strike would take place on Oct. 18 and 19 [...]
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