Santiago, Chile

SANTIAGO – Thousands of students and teachers held Thursday a massive demonstration along the central Alameda Avenue in Santiago to ... Gathered in the Bustamante Park, huge columns of students advanced for several blocks of the main avenue in the center of the Chilean capital, with a high call ...

LATAM Airlines said a total of 1,575 flights operated by Chilean subsidiary LAN Express had been canceled through April 25 as the airline continues to negotiate with the union. ... The company is headquartered in Santiago and operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru.

However, the new visa, which is designed to speed things up by letting people handle the red tape before leaving for Chile, was greeted by confusion Monday, with hundreds lining up before dawn at the consulate in Caracas worried that they would be barred from entering the South American country.

Radiohead kicked off their 2018 tour when they took to stage in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday night. The appearance marked the Radiohead's first show of 2018 having seen members of the band explore multiple solo projects. The show, which had a setlist that spanned 26 songs and included two rousing ...

SANTIAGO – Chile has raised the alert at the Nevados de Chillan ahead of a possible eruption at one of the most active volcanoes in Chile, after ... this volcanic complex, which comprises 17 craters, is located some 550 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago in the Bio Bio region of the Chilean Andes.

The new 777 flight will also offer up to 14 tons of capacity for cargo, opening up access to more global markets for Chilean exports such as fish, seafood, cherries, ... Santiago, the first destination in Chile to be served by Emirates, is the largest city of Chile accounting for nearly half of the nation's GDP.

UFC Fight Night 129 goes down from the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile on Saturday, May 19th. Already announced as the main event for UFC Chile is an exciting light heavyweight bout between former champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and recent 205-pound title challenger Volkan Oezdimir.

Architectural innovation, an active arts scene, and eco-friendly transportation are bringing new energy to the Chilean capital. ... “The old image of Santiago as a somewhat grey, dull city has given way to a very different one that is also enriched by the steady stream of immigrants,” says Ambassador Jorge ...

SANTIAGO – Chilean actress Daniela Vega made history by becoming the first transgender presenter at the Oscars ceremony. But, at a news conference after meeting Chile's President Michelle Bachelet this week, she spoke of the inequalities transgender people face in her home country. Vega said that ...

SANTIAGO – Trade ministers from 11 Pacific Rim countries Thursday signed a sweeping free trade agreement in Chile to streamline trade and slash tariffs. The new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), also known as TPP-11, was the result of negotiations that ...

SANTIAGO – Chile has deported nearly 240 Haitians after they were found to be in possession of false statements and documents on entering the South American country. Between March 2 and 5, 2018, Chile's Investigative Police (PDI) refused entry to Chilean territory to 239 Haitian citizens, with 169 ...

SANTIAGO – Chile's Supreme Court has confirmed a fine of around CLP 1.3 billion (USD 2 million) imposed on the Chilean unit of AT&T's DirecTV subsidiary for distributing irregular set-top boxes, putting an end to a three-year case. The apex court upheld the fine imposed by the Superintendencia de ...

Argentinian judge decides to extradite Mapuche leader to Chile ... Huala is accused of setting a fire in a Chilean stallholder's home in the PisuPisue community in January 2013, carrying weapons and ammunition, and entering and leaving the country illegally, for which he declared himself innocent.

SANTIAGO – In January, Chile's economic activity rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier, the central bank said on Monday. This is the largest such increase in January in two years. The bank said the IMACEC economic activity index, encompassing about 90 percent of the economy, tallied in gross domestic ...

SANTIAGO – The Chilean airline, LAW (Latin American Wings) has temporarily suspended the flights between Port-au-Prince and Chile, after Haitians have been declared illegal or unqualified by the Chilean authorities to enter or remain in Chilean territory. In 2017, more than 100,000 Haitians arrived in ...

SANTIAGO/LOS ANGELES – Chilean drama “A Fantastic Woman,” a stirring story of love and loss that centers on a transgender woman, has won the Oscar for best foreign language film. “I can't believe this happened,” said the film's director, Sebastian Lelio, after accepting his golden statuette on Sunday.

Chilean prosecutors say Escobar and Palma carried out the assassination of Sen. Jaime Guzman, founder of the right-wing Independent Democratic Union party. A high-profile Pinochet champion, Guzman was gunned down on April 1, 1991, while in a car leaving Santiago's Catholic University of Chile, ...

SANTIAGO – Chileans are the happiest among all their bordering nations, a 2018 United Nations report on happiness has revealed. The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's annual survey report ranked Chile on the 25th spot among 156 countries. The ranking was based on six indicators: ...

SANTIAGO – With entertaining activities, the vineyards and valleys of Chile are prepared to receive a large number of local and foreign tourists who will ... of Chilean wine, calling on various local and foreign tourists to participate in the various activities organized by the main vineyards and valleys of Chile.

SANTIAGO – Nearly 5,000 suspected criminals were taken into custody after a massive raid by Chile police in the course of 24 hours over the weekend, according to the Crime Prevention Unit. A total of 4,891 arrests were made Friday and early Saturday in an effort to set the number of outstanding warrants ...