Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Entertainment News
Carrying members of a Uruguayan rugby team on the way to a game in Chile, the plane crashed on Oct. 13, 1972. Of the 45, 29 survived the crash, but because of injuries and the weather, only 16 lived to...
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Political News
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Thursday welcomed the delegations of the 45 countries that will participate in the yearly congress of the International Federation of Professional Soccer Players. The congress is to be held for the first time in Chile...
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Business News
Chile E — Doctors and judges are joining a national strike in Chile, and will briefly suspend their work to demand higher pay. The public employees' strike is gaining force, and on Wednesday entered its third day. The government has...
Santiago :: Chile
| 14 days ago
| Business News
The owner of Chile-based Cencosud, a leading regional retailer, said on Monday his company was ready to compete with Wal-Mart , the world's largest retailer as it prepares to enter the Chilean market. "Cencosud has always been up and ready....
Santiago :: Chile
| 18 days ago
| Business News
Regional growth is forecast to drop to 1.9 percent, a sharp recast of earlier data forecast by the group. This is a significant drop from the 4.6 percent growth seen in 2008, the group said...United Nations commission tasked with contributing...
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Business News
Chile (AP) The Chilean government says prices dropped by 0.1 percent in November aided mainly by a steep 10.8 percent fall in fuel costs. The National Statistics Institute says the figures announced Thursday bring the accumulated inflation for the past...
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Business News
Government workers are rejecting a 5 percent across-the-board salary hike offer...Leader Raul de la Puente calls the government offer unacceptable. Nearly 90 percent of Chile's half-million government workers joined a nationwide strike Tuesday and Wednesday.
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Political News
Chile's Senate unanimously approved a 10 percent wage increase for public workers on Thursday, ending a strike by 400,000 state employees that had halted garbage collection, and affected health and school services. After the 32-0 vote in the Senate, union...
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Technology News
The latest expansion of the game, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King was introduced in the UAE by Red Entertainment just after midnight on November 12...The pre-registration campaign that began on November 7 on Megamers.Com as well as...
Santiago :: Chile
| about 1 month ago
| Technology News
Authorities say public health services failed to tell 512 people that they tested positive for HIV...Health Minister Alvaro Erazo gave the numbers to congress Thursday after the scandal forced his predecessor to resign. Chile's public health service says some patients...