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Chile: Santiago smog reaches 16-year low
Santiago smog reaches 16-year low; Golborne announces break from politics; terror suspect Berkhoff apprehended one month after escape
Supreme Court orders Banco Estado to pay customers US$12m
Supreme Court orders Banco Estado to pay customers US$12m; Students march for education reform; Félix de Vicente named Economics Minister
Chile: Laurence Golborne drops out of presidential race
Laurence Golborne drops out of presidential race; Mixed Commission rejects government’s minimum wage proposal; Peruvian police find body of fugitive Chilean cult leader
Chile: Police hunt cult leader accused of burning baby
Police Hunt Cult leader accused of burning baby; social and environmental groups mark earth day with water rights demonstration; President appoints Carolina Schmidt to replace impeached Education Minister
Chile: Education Minister Beyer impeached
Education Minister Beyer impeached; Police use of paintball guns under fire; Aguas Andinas to compensate clients
Chile: 150,000 join first organized education protest of 2013
150,000 join first organized education protest of 2013; Bachelet receives official party nomination; World Health Organization places Chile in top 10 most obese nations
Chile: Education Minister Harald Beyer suspended pending Senate vote
Education Minister suspended pending Senate vote; Exhumation of Pablo Neruda’s body begins; Terror suspect now a fugitive from the law
Chile: Bachelet announces run for presidency
Bachelet announces run for presidency; nation marks anniversary of anti-gay hate crime with ‘March for Justice’; 54 arrested after ‘Day of the Young Combatant’ demonstrations
Indigenous issues: Brazil’s Public Security Forces to protect Amazonian dam
Brazil’s Public Security Forces to protect the Amazonian Belo Monte dam from protesters; Bolivia threatens to leave the CIDH; Mapuche woman publishes her first book. Brazil’s Public Security Forces to protect the Amazonian Belo Monte dam from protesters The third [...]
Chile: Government seeks to criminalize verbal abuse of police officers
Government seeks to criminalize verbal abuse of police officers; Chile marks Earth Hour; Chilean Senate elects new president; Bolivia to sue Chile for access to the sea
Chile: Bachelet leaves UN to return to Chile
Former President Bachelet leaves the UN to return to Chile; Chile inaugurates world’s most expensive astronomycentre; two killed in Air Force plane crash
Chile: Ministry of Education launches plan for early childhood education
Ministry of Education launches plan for early childhood education; Firefighters attacked in La Araucanía; Government marks International Women’s Day
Chile: Bolivian soldiers return home
Bolivian soldiers detained in Chile return home; Chile commemorates 2010 tsunami; Santiago prepares for post-vacation traffic jam Bolivian soldiers detained in Chile return home On Monday the three Bolivian soldiers detained for illegally crossing the Chilean border on 25 January, [...]
Chile: Tensions mount over detained Bolivian soldiers
Tensions mount between Chile and Bolivia over detained soldiers; Piñera announces aid for victims of Valparaíso fire; terror suspect Berkhoff begins hunger strike for political prisoner status.
Chile: Fires rage in Valparaíso
Fires rage in Valparaíso; Government announces lawsuit against Aguas Andinas; Appeals Court revokes bail for terror-suspect Berkhoff; Bolivia to confront Chile in international forums over detained soldiers.