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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.
What things have gone wrong with the car? Hazard lights button can't be turn off at 5000 kms (change by the dealer at no cost). Glove box door don't stay open normally, it hangs down (my brother put in 3 liters of coke and broke it, but it still closes properly).
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...
( Genome BC ) The economically important, environmentally sensitive Atlantic salmon species will have its genome fully sequenced.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s peso slid for a second day amid a decline in the price of oil, the nation’s top export. Colombia’s peso slid 0.1 percent to 2,010.09 per dollar at 10:29 a.m. New York time, from 2,007.97 at the end of last week.
Early this year I spent five weeks traveling in the Southern Hemisphere on a small science-oriented expedition ship that was in part sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Explorers Club. With my own eyes and ears I learned that the glaciers in southern Chile and Argentina are, in fact, retreating at an alarming rate.
Fortune may have smiled on Spain in last week's World Cup draw but coach Vicente del Bosque warned Wednesday that "it will not be easy" for the European Champions to get beyond the first round.
Editor's Note: Chilean Judge Alejandro Madrid has accused the dictatorship of the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet of using poison to assassinate a political rival, former President Eduardo Frei Montalva, who died after surgery in 1982.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Chile’s cost of living fell the most since 1934 in the year through November as prices for electricity and clothing tumbled. Consumer prices plunged 2.3 percent in November from a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute said today.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Chile’s annual inflation rate fell the most since 1934 in November as the cost of electricity and clothing tumbled. Consumer prices fell 2.3 percent in November from the same month a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute said today.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Latin American local bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous day’s session.
A small mortgage market and a lack of cheap credit in Argentina has kept the property market relatively stable.
Spain is likely to play two international friendlies in the run-up to the World Cup in conditions that would emulate the altitude in South Africa. According to the Spanish football federation's Web site, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque would like to play one game at sea level in Spain and one in a Central European country to match the altitude the European champions will face in the group...
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Copper prices fell after Standard & Poor’s lowered Spain’s credit outlook to “negative,” fueling concern that the global economic recovery may stall.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian stocks fell for a second day on concern defaults will spread through the global economy after Standard & Poor’s lowered Spain’s credit-rating outlook.
Ignored, marginalised or despised in many countries, wastepickers from Asia, Latin America and Africa have come together in Copenhagen to lobby for recognition as unsung heroes in the fight against climate change.
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