SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
Double tremor for Santiago and Central Chile
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 [...]
Red alert set for wildfire in Chile’s Torres del Paine (UPDATED 22:00 hours)
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 [...]
Chilean conjoined twin dies after split
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 [...]
Student march from Plaza Italia authorized by the government
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. [...]
Bomb explodes outside of Chilean newspaper La Tercera
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 [...]
Hudson Volcano forces evacuations in Southern Chile
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 [...]
Chilean national strike timeline: Oct. 19
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 [...]
Chilean national strike timeline: Oct. 18
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 [...]
Student protests shake Santiago after round table breakdown
Editor’s note: Protests in Santiago are ongoing. A timeline can be found below. by Avery Cropp and Kayla Young SANTIAGO — The student organizations of CONFECH, FECH and CONES have abandoned round table discussions with the government. The students have said they will only go back to discussions if the government presents a new proposal [...]
Blackout sweeps Chile from 4th to 7th region
Updates by Daniel Brewington and Kayla Young 23:35 Minister Alvarez says that the blackout was caused by a failure in the Ancoa substation located in Linares. 23:34 Minister Alvarez reports that energy has been completely recovered. 23:00 Assaults have been reported in Independencia. 23:22 Radio Cooperativa reported that police were using tear gas to stop around 200 people looting a store. [...]