Chile News

Beware crossing Chile's borders in possession of forbidden fruit. As passengers flying into the Santiago airport cannot fail to notice, the government has embarked on an aggressive campaign to tell travelers that it means business when it comes to protecting Chilean food exports.

A parliamentary delegation of Chile will pay a visit to China from Feb. 3 to 10, according to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China on Sunday.

After reinventing Bolivia's government to reflect the country's multi-ethnic, Indian majority, President Evo Morales is championing gender parity at the highest levels of government.

A cargo plane has dropped a large panel in the parking lot of Miami International Mall, according to the FAA.

February 2, 2010 - WASHINGTON - Isidro Hinojosa Benavides, 77, a U.S. citizen extradited from Argentina, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the District of ...

The United Nations Women's Fund on Wednesday announced that outgoing Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will help advocate on behalf of Haitian women in meeting their specific needs during the early recovery stage from the Jan.

Montevideo, Feb 2 Uruguayan minister of Social Development , Marina Arismendi, and Chilean Planification minister, Paula Quintana, will preside an extraordinary meeting of the Binational Coordinating Commission of Social Policies.

Jeff Frankel says "Chile has important lessons for other countries struggling with fundamental long-term budget questions": Achieving Long-Term Fiscal Discipline: A Lesson from Chile, Jeff Frankel: As Chile's President Michelle Bachelet prepares to hand over power to her newly elected successor, she remains extraordinarily popular.

Television Nacional de Chile show "24 Horas" and Brazil's "Jornal da Globo" have filed separate reports on METALLICA 's performances in Santiago, Chile and Porto Alegre, Brazil on January 26 and January 28, respectively.

The Museum of Memory in Chile documents human rights abuses during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Forensic scientists have identified the bodies of 11 people who were among the last to see Chilean President Salvador Allende alive, rallying around him as Gen.

CARACAS : Venezuelan police on Monday used truncheons and tear gas to disperse scores of angry students protesting a government shutdown of six television stations, including one opposed to President Hugo Chavez's government.

IPS, 23 January 2010 - In its proposed constitutional reform, the Chilean government recognises that the availability of freshwater is a matter of national security.

Newly elected Chilean President Sebastian Pinera would have dificulties promoting a radical conservative agenda through a divided congress.

DAY 17 . Friday, January 22nd .. Valparaiso, Chile From the Central Coast of South America to the San Francisco of South America Valparaiso.

WHEN the centre-left Concertacin coalition won power in Chile 20 years ago, its epoch-making victory signified the end of the Pinochet dictatorship and the restoration of democracy.

The three-day, 101 percent rally in Chilean holding company Axxion SA since billionaire owner Sebastian Pinera's presidential election has sparked a regulator's probe and reignited criticism of his refusal to sell his investment before the vote.

When she was being pulled from the 20-foot-deep crevasse, Meagan McGrath was certain her Antarctic Odyssey was over.

TIME features a profile on David Ho, director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, who is currently working on a novel HIV vaccine.

On June 18, Chilean billionaire Sebastian Pinera became convinced hea d win the presidency of the South American country.