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As Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty reaches the tail end of his South American trade trip, he's getting an audience with Chile's president. Pawlenty was scheduled Thursday to spend time with President Michelle Bachelet (BATCH-e-lay) in Santiago. The two will meet... Chile - South America - Michelle Bachelet - Santiago Chile - President of the United States
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Thousands of Chileans including President Michelle Bachelet paid their respects Friday to a folk singer who became a martyr of the country's 1973 military coup and whose remains will be reburied following a search for clues to identify his killers.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Sebastian Pinera, a billionaire with investments in Chile's main airline, most popular football team and a leading TV channel, heads into Sunday's presidential election with a good chance of returning the right wing to power for the first time since democracy was restored 19 years ago.
Buenos Aires/Santiago - The centre-left alliance that has ruled Chile since the restoration of democracy in 1990 faces the possible loss of power going into Sunday's first-round presidential election. The Concertacion, a ...
While the first major snowstorm of the season hits Minnesota, Gov. Tim Pawlenty and a Minnesota trade delegation today are in Santiago, Chile, as part of a South American tour to drum up business for the state.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Six people have been charged with killing former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva, an outspoken opponent of dictator Augusto Pinochet, in 1982.
TEMUCUICUI, Chile | 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. The government of President Michelle Bachelet is prosecuting Mapuche activists with secret evidence, protected witnesses and other tough aspects of an ...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A Chilean judge ruled Monday that former President Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated nearly 30 years ago and his killing covered up by people linked to the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Six people were charged in the case.
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- BlackRock Inc.'s (BLK) iShares made their debut on Chile's Santiago Stock Exchange on Wednesday, with 25 exchange-traded funds.
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating fell to 77% in November, from a record high 80% the previous month, according to an opinion poll published Wednesday by conservative polling institute Adimark GfK.
Wayne Bernhardson is the author of the just-published "Moon Chile" (Avalon Travel, $22.95). He has traveled extensively there; his blog about traveling in Chile and Argentina is at www.southernconetravel.com.Bernhardson, 62, is originally from Fargo, N.D.
SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--Chile posted a $1.08 billion trade surplus in November, growing from a $252.4 million surplus for the same month a year earlier, the central bank reported Monday.
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean presidential candidates Sebastian Pinera and Eduardo Frei will likely face each in a January runoff presidential election, as neither will obtain a solid majority in Sunday's presidential election, a poll released Wednesday shows.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Cencosud SA , Chile’s biggest retailer by sales, will restart work this month on its Costanera Center real-estate project in Santiago as the economy recovers from its steepest slump in a decade.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chile’s economy will shrink 1.8 percent in 2009, more than the 1.5 contraction forecast in November, according to a monthly central bank survey of economists.
Thousands of Chileans including President Michelle Bachelet paid their respects Friday to a folk singer who became a martyr of the country's 1973 military coup and whose remains will be reburied following a search for clues...
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