ABU DHABI - In 2011, total food exports from Chile to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amounted to US $59.16 million. Approximately 50% of the Chile’s total exports to the UAE is food such as walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, prunes, and raisins. Abdullah Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Trade, stressed his country’s interest [...]
TEGUCIGALPA – This afternoon, the first group of experts from Chile’s Legal Medical Service (Servicio Médico Legal), or SML, arrived in Honduras to collaborate in the identification of the victims of the Comayagua prison, where a fire left more than 350 inmates dead. Their arrival was confirmed by the Minister of Justice, Patricia Pérez, who [...]
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SANTIAGO – The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, gave Chilean President Sebastian Piñera a surprise phone call yesterday afternoon at his house in Bahía Coique. Cameron wanted to take the opportunity to personally articulate his position on the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) issue to the President. According to Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, the [...]
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AGUAS CALIENTES, PERU - Due to a collapse of a street section near the archeological area, about 130 Chileans remain stranded near Machu Picchu, between Santa María and Santa Teresa, the province of La Convención in Cusco, near Machu Picchu. They have been unable to leave do to heavy rain and dangerous conditions. One of the person trapped [...]
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PUNTA ARENAS – On Tuesday, residents of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) gathered around their television sets to watch Argentinian President Cristina Fernández give a speech condemning the United Kingdom’s claim over the islands. Today, a group of 200 Malvinas Chileans organized a public protest, to demonstrate their opposition to a government plan to suspend all [...]
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SALVADOR DE BAHÍA – One week ago, in the popular tourist city of Salvador, Brasil, the police department declared a general strike and stopped performing their duties. As a result, a massive crime wave swept over the city. However, even in front of such a disaster, the number of Chileans traveling to Bahía has not [...]
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SANTIAGO – Argentina’s ambassador to Chile, Ginés González García, has skipped his summer vacation this year in order to stay in Santiago and complete his single objective: to reschedule, as soon as possible, the cancelled visit to Chile of the president of his country, Cristina Fernández. In December, his government confirmed her trip to Chile for [...]
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MADRID – The original Mona Lisa may have finally found her long lost twin. A recent investigation into the twin copy of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has established that Madrid’s Prado Museums’s copy may have been painted in tandem with the original work. Before, the common belief was the the second painting was finished decades [...]
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SANTIAGO – Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alfredo Moreno Charme, has denied allegations of espionage against a Chilean citizen. The accused, Luis Gutierrez Seraina, was arrested on January 30th after he was found sketching in a restricted area near Los Patos military base in Peru. Minister Moreno stated that the Seraina “does not belong to [...]
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NEW YORK — The first tower of the new World Trade Center will cost more than US$3.8 billion to complete, making it the most expensive building in the world, “by far,” according to The Wall Street Journal. The entire WTC is to include four buildings. The building under construction is going to be the tallest [...]
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