Chile News

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 29, 2009 .- Peace is not simply about avoiding war, says Benedict XVI.

ROME, NOV. 29, 2009 .- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet are expressing their gratitude to Pope John Paul II for his role in helping the two neighboring countries avert war in the 1970s.

In this weeks reader postcard Caleb Appleton does some early morning shopping in Santiago.

South American qualifiers Chile face possible FIFA expulsion and the forfeit of their World Cup place after local club Rangers opened a court case to dispute their relegation.

2, 2009. The murder of Jara, who was tortured and shot to death underneath a stadium where 5,000 supporters of ousted President Salvador Allende were detained during the first days of Chile's 1973 coup, has never been solved.

Rush-hour commuters in Chile are breathing easy thanks to new green walls being installed in subway stations in the capital city of Santiago.

SANTIAGO, Chile - President Michelle Bachelet created a government watchdog agency Tuesday to protect human rights in Chile, which is still coming to terms with a military dictatorship that ended two decades ago.

People look at a creation titled "El pensamiento del pensamiento" during the Santiago Art Triennial Exhibition.

Francisco Xavier sits in a tatami room at his restaurant Izakaya Kotaro on Easter Island,... Francisco Xavier, 33, who studied cooking in Japan for 10 years, opened a Japanese-style restaurant on Easter Island in the South Pacific, best known for its Moai statues, in February 2007 to offer sushi to local residents and tourists.

Santiago, Chile, Nov 19 Alleged Chilean espionage in Peru has reached the electoral campaign, 25 days prior to the elections, with the four presidential runners supporting President Michelle Bachelet.

A strong, shallow earthquake struck the coast of northern Chile this afternoon New Zealand time.

Santiago, Chile-based Austral Capital is one of a growing number of Latin American VC firms making names for themselves.

Peruvian Air Force Officer Victor Ariza Mendoza was arrested and charged with spying for Chile, which has increased the tension between the two countries, leading some to call for the boycott of Chilean products.

Small groups of Mapuche Indians have so rattled Chile by seizing forests, burning buses and attacking police to demand land and autonomy that the leftist government has turned to dictatorship-era measures to quell the violence.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.

MALAYSIA is close to finalising its first Free Trade Area deal with Chile and the Latin American leader plans to sign it during a visit to Kuala Lumpur.

Chinese President Hu Jintao met with his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet Jeria Friday in Singapore to discuss ways of further developing the friendly cooperative ties between the two countries and other issues of common concern.

US President Barack Obama joined world leaders who donned colourful designer shirts for a glittering dinner yesterday, taking a break from annual talks to enjoy the Singapore waterfront and skyline.

PERU and Chile were embroiled on Saturday in a worsening serious diplomatic row, after two Chilean military officials were allegedly found to be spying in Peru.

Washington signaled it will resist protectionism as it copes with the economic downturn, announcing Saturday that the U.S. will join a free-trade area with other Pacific Rim nations.