SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
New Zealand congratulates Chile on being invited to join the OECD
On 15 December 2009, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development issued an invitation to Chile to become a member. An Accession Agreement was signed in Santiago on 11 January 2010. Chile will become a member once it formally accedes to the OECD Convention. New Zealand has been a member of the OECD since 1973, [...]
British company built Metro extension inaugurated by Chilean president
President Bachelet cut the tape Thursday January 11th 2010 on the 3.8km extension of Metro Line 1 from Escuela Militar to a new station at Los Dominicos in Las Condes. Balfour Beatty laid the track for the US$245 million project, which includes three new stations and will cater for an estimated 52,000 passengers a day. [...]
U.S. Ambassador Simons comments on government of Chile’s new president-elect
U.S. Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons participated in a dialogue on relations with South America held at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., on January 22 with the U.S. ambassadors to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In that conversation, Ambassador Simons commented on President-elect Sebastian Piñera and bilateral relations, underscoring that the free trade [...]
U.S. and Chile Sign Income Tax Treaty
WASHINGTON – In a ceremony at the U.S. Department of the Treasury today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Chilean Finance Minister Andrés Velasco signed a new income tax treaty between the United States and Chile that would provide certainty and stability of tax treatment for U.S. and Chilean cross-border investors. If approved by the U.S. [...]
“Canada Corner” enhances University Library in Chile
Over 150 Canadian Books, CDs and DVDs were recently donated to create the first “Canada Corner” at the Universidad de Talca during a ceremony that was attended by government officials, academics and students. Canada Corner is a creative initiative from the Canadian Embassy in Chile, designed to reach out to university students and to expose [...]
U.S. and Chile Discuss Cooperation Opportunities in the Region
A delegation of officials from the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are participating in two days of working-level meetings January 28-29 with counterparts from Chile’s International Cooperation Agency (AGCI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss opportunities for trilateral cooperation in the region. The meetings are aimed at [...]
The United States Embassy Congratulates President Elect Sebastián Piñera
On Monday The United States Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons congratulated president elect Sebastián Piñera for his triumph at Sunday’s elections. Ambassador Simons also spoke with Senator Eduardo Frei. In a telephone call with the new President of Chile, Ambassador Simons wished him lots of success with his tasks as President and expressed the United [...]
Step Afrika! will offer shows in Santiago, San Felipe and Pichilemu as a tribute to Chile’s Bicentennial.
With homage to Bicentennial Chile, the American dance, rhythm and percussion group, “Step Afrika!” will go on a 10-day touraround the country, between January 6th and 12th, and offer shows in Santiago, San Felipe and Pichilemu. The professional dance company “Step Afrika!”, first in the world dedicated to “stepping” or percussion with feet and hands, [...]
The Israeli Embassy in Chile invited 100 evangelical pastors
Twelve bishops and ninety evangelical pastors joined David Dadonn, the Israeli ambassador to Chile, at his house, to celebrate Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday that commemorates the liberation of the Temple of Jerusalem by the Maccabees, 2,200 years ago. The delegation of the Mesa Ampliada de la Unión Nacional Evangelista (UNE) (Round Table of the Evangelical [...]
Plaza Nueva Zelandia opened in Santiago
Plaza Nueva Zelandia, a permanent reminder of the friendship between New Zealand and Chile opened in Santiago. The Plaza, a gift from the New Zealand Government to the people of Chile to mark Chile’s Bicentennial, was inaugurated by New Zealand Ambassador Rosemary Paterson and the Mayor of Providencia, Cristian Labbe. “New Zealand and Chile are [...]