CHILE: 26 dead, 125 missing in Atacama flooding disaster
March 25th 2015 — 26 people have died, and a further 125 people are missing after mudflows and flash flooding in the Atacama Desert and surrounding region. It took only…
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CHILE: Volcán Villarrica’s spectacular eruption
Last week one of Chile’s most active, and most picturesque, volcanoes erupted for the first time in 24 years, the longest period of dormancy in 600 years. As a result,…
CHILE: Two Peruvian naval officers accused of spying for Chile
Last week, Military courts in Peru arrested two officers and are investigating a third for allegedly spying for historic rival Chile, according to Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano. If found guilty,…
CHILE: Bachelet calls for an end to universal ban on abortion
At the end of January, Chilean President Michele Bachelet officially drafted a bill to end the blanket ban on abortion that has recently seen a revival of controversy with the…
CHILE: Pablo Neruda’s death investigation reopened: was he poisoned?
On Wednesday, 21st January 2015, Rodrigo Lledó, head lawyer for Chile’s Human Rights Department, released the statement that they would be reopening the investigation into the country’s best-loved poet Pablo Neruda’s…
CHILE: Health Minister resigns over controversial abortion comments
In a shockingly rapid escalation of events, on the 30th December 2014, the Chilean Health Minister (now ex-Minister) Helia Molina officially resigned from her duties. This comes after a universal…
CHILE: World’s largest telescope to be constructed in Atacama Desert
Above image: Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) was created from images obtained using the Wide Field Imager (WFI), an astronomical camera attached to an ESO telescope at the La Silla…
CHILE: Prison for ex-military colonels guilty of torturing President’s father
21st November 2014 – two colonels who had been charged in July 2012 with the torture and subsequent death of President Michele Bachelet’s father have both been sentenced to prison…
CHILE: Former President Lagos calls for legalization of drugs
On the 7th of November 2014, former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, currently a social democrat politician, called for a relaxation of Chile’s drug laws and more specifically, the legalization…
CHILE: Arrest of ex-military Pinochet aide Col. Cristián Labbé
Arrest, incarceration and bail of ex-military leader Colonel Labbé; part of ongoing human rights violation investigation; lifting the immunity of the military over crimes and abuse inflicted during Pinochet’s regime….
CHILE: Miners’ four-year anniversary of triumphant escape
CHILE: Miners’ four-year anniversary of triumphant escape Monday, 13th October 2014, marks exactly four years to the day “Los 33” (the 33 Chilean miners) were rescued from 700 metres underground, in…