Santiago, Chile News

A conservative businessman is comfortably ahead in the polls as Chile prepares for a presidential election Sunday that could end 20 years of rule by the center-left coalition that brought democracy and prosperity to this country of 17 million people.

Santiago, Chile, Dec 14 Chilean and Cuban high ranking officials started on Monday a meeting to broaden and deepen the Economic Complementation Agreement between both countries.

Chile Appears Set To Elect A Conservative Billionaire businessmen Sebastian Pinera is expected to win the most votes in an election to choose highly popular President Michelle Bachelet's successor.

Sebastian Pinera, presidential candidate of Chile's opposition coalition, left, waves to supporters accompanied by his wife Cecilia Morel after the country's general elections in Santiago, Sunday, Dec.

In recent and upcoming races across Latin America, candidates have dropped a combative left-right discourse, and instead are appealing to a growing ideological center.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her visiting Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo sign a technical cooperation agenda in Santiago, Chile, Dec.

Reporting from Santiago, Chile - As Chileans vote Sunday for the first time since the death of dictator Augusto Pinochet, analysts say the expected victory of a conservative billionaire says more about voters' craving for better education and infrastructure than a return to authoritarian days.

Located in an area on the north side of Santiago, Chile, Tidy Architects have designed a modern house, the Alvarez-Marshall House.

By Joe Kimball Published Wed, Dec 9 2009 10:12 am While the first major snowstorm of the season hits Minnesota, Gov.

A judge in Santiago ruled Monday that a former Chilean president, Eduardo Frei Montalva, had been poisoned and charged three people connected with the Pinochet dictatorship with murder in the 28-year-old case.

In this undated photo, former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva, who governed Chile from 1964 to 1970, waves to supporters.

Santiago, Chile, Dec 7 At least four people, included two physicians of the Army, will be tried for the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalvo in 1982, legal groups stated Monday.

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Chile's President Michelle Bachelet stands by the coffin and photograph of Chile's folk singer Victor Jara in Santiago, Friday, Dec.

The Northern Patagonian Ice Field, which covers 200km long and a surface of about 4,200km2, is a vestige of a large ice sheet that covered much of Patagonia million years ago.

Visit Santiago and Puerto Montt in Chile, and then cross a series of lakes to Bariloche, Argentina, and conclude your adventure in Buenos Aires.

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Santiago, Chile, Nov 30 Thousands of Chileans will attend the three days of posthumous homage convened for this week to bury the remains of emblematic singer songwriter Victor Jara, assassinated 36 years ago, organizers stated.

Dancers with the National Dance Company of Spain perform in Teatro Municipal of Santiago, Chile, on Nov.

Santiago, Chile, Nov 25 Foreign officials from Chile and Jamaica rejected on Wednesday "the breaking of democratic and constitutional order in Honduras" and reiterated that a coup cannot longer be an acceptable option.