Chile News

SANTIAGO, Chile - Tens of thousands of Chilean government employees are on strike to protest what they say are unfair labor policies.

Santiago, Chile, Jul 7 More than one hundred Mapuche leaders, who marched to Santiago from several southern communities, presented a letter at La Moneda Presidential Palace on Tuesday with reports of police repression against them.

Santiago, Chile, Jul 2 The Chilean National Gerdarmerie mobilized more than 10,000 prison officers all over the country for a strike that is blocking the entrance and exit of convicts, rejecting the most recent government proposal to their demands.

The Canadian currency was on course for a fifth consecutive decline, the longest streak of losses since dropping for six straight weeks through Dec.

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet , Chile's Finance Minister Andres Velasco and Mexico's Finance Minister Agustin Carstens attend the opening ceremony of the Second Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean.

World Bank President Robert Zoellick met with the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet , in La Moneda Palace, Santiago.

Santiago, Chile, Jun 30 Cuba hopes to receive 2.30 million foreign visitors this year, in spite of negative effects of the financial crisis and the A virus, a Cuban Tourism Ministry official said.

As a woman of childbearing age, "I pay more than double what a man my age pays for the same health plan," 27-year-old Carolina Leyton told IPS.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday emphasized the importance of developing countries having access to a vaccine that offers protection against the H1N1 , "that has killed over 200 people and infected tens of thousands worldwide," AFP/MSN Philippine News reports.

The Chilean authorities confirmed on Friday four new deaths due to A/H1N1 flu, raising the death toll in the country to 12.

Hortensia Bussi de Allende, who has died aged 94 in Valparaiso, was the widow of Salvador Allende, the socialist president of Chile from 1970 to 1973.

MEXICO CITY: Mexico and Chile's leaders on Thursday stressed an "urgent" need for developing countries to find a vaccine against H1N1 flu that has killed more than 200 people and infected tens of thousands worldwide.

An earthquake with magnitude of 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale shook the central Chile Friday, without reports of casualty and damage.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet arrived in Mexico City on June 24 for a two-day official visit.

At least 23 people were injured, including seven minors, when the second floor of the Marta Brunet school collapsed on Wednesday in the locality of Nueva Imperial, China''s Xinhua news agency reported.

United States President Barack Obama and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet confirmed today in Washington the "strong friendship" that unites their countries and they manifested their intentions of "deepening" their relationship through clean energy projects and cooperation in Latin America.

Santiago, Chile, Jun 22 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who is to start a visit to the United States Monday, will analyze with US statesman Barack Obama bilateral and regional ties.

TEGUCIGALPA: Honduras has confirmed its first H1N1 swine flu death, a 23-year-old pregnant woman, the health ministry said yesterday.

A vessel which sank carrying $18m in gold and silver ingots has been found in the Magellan Straits off the coast of Argentina.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD male has become the fifth person to die in Chile from the swine flu virus, local health authorities said on Saturday.