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NEWS ABOUT: Chile

Chile stories: 40 news summaries

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Gates Sees Stars, Donates $10M to 'Scope

Joins 2nd Microsoft mogul in backing plan to photograph heavens

Jan 5, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Gates and Bill Simonyi—space geeks and Microsoft billionaires both—are donating $30 million to the Chilean-based Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the Guardian reports. The $400 million endeavor, scheduled to be working in 2015, will snap pics of the sky with a 3,200 megapixel digital camera every 15... More »

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astronomy • Bill Gates • telescope • Chile • universe • International Space Station • galaxy • Cerro Pachon • Andes Mountains • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope • Charles Simonyi • Tucson, Arizona

Warrants May Shed Light on
South American
Dirty War

Governments colluded to murder adversaries

Dec 25, 07 8:04 PM CST
(Newser) - An Italian judge has issued arrest warrants for nearly 150 people in Latin America accused of helping their governments hunt down and kill leftist opponents in the 1970s. The warrants could shed new light on the so-called Operation Condor, an extraordinary scheme in which South American governments cooperated with each... More »

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Brazil • Bolivia • Peru • Chile • Paraguay • Argentina • Uruguay • assassination • Operation Condor • Nestor Jorge Fernandez Troccoli • Auguste Pinochet • Jorge Rafael Videla • Emilio Eduardo Massera • Jorge Maria Bordaberry

Chilean Hooker Donates Time
to Telethon

Prostitute's 27-hour marathon for charity leads to instant celebrity

Nov 30, 07 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A 27-hour telethon this weekend In Chile will raise money for disabled children, and one woman has devised a special way to contribute, reports the Telegraph. A prostitute has auctioned off 27 hours of her services and is giving all the proceeds to charity. "I am going to contribute... More »

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prostitution • Chile • prostitute • telethon

Last Survivors Land in Chile

Passengers share harrowing tales

Nov 25, 07 6:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A military plane flew the last 77 survivors of a sunken tour ship to Chile today, BBC reports. Some evacuees had already gone to the capital, Santagios, to return to their home countries. Others gave detailed, personal accounts of the shipwreck, revealing their fears of freezing to death and their... More »

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shipwreck • Chile • Antarctica • adventure • cruise ships

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First Survivors Land in Chile

Airlift begins to bring them from island to Chilean mainland

Nov 24, 07 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - An air force plane transported about half of the survivors from yesterday's Antarctic shipwreck to Chile today, BBC reports. The others—79 of the Explorer's 156 passengers—may spend a second night on a remote island due to bad weather. A Chilean air force spokesman said the survivors did "... More »

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shipwreck • Chile • Antarctica • cruise ships

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Survivors Recall Ordeal

Norwegian captain confirms 154 souls rescued and in good health

Nov 23, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Safe and warm on an Antarctic island, passengers of the sunken Explorer recounted their ordeal in high spirits today, the Times reports. One said they heard a loud bang after midnight, and were called up as the ship started listing. “Then the electricity cut out and we lost the... More »

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Chile • cruise ships

Major Aftershocks Rock Chile

6.2, 6.8 jolts hit day after massive earthquake

Nov 15, 07 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Northern Chile trembled again today as two strong aftershocks jolted through the region, Reuters reports. No casualties were immediately reported in the wake of the tremors—which registered 6.2 and 6.8, respectively, according to the US Geological Survey—near the mining center of Antofagasta, but residents and emergency... More »

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Chile • Michelle Bachelet • earthquake • aftershock • disaster

15K Homeless in Chile; Aid Starts

'People are pretty afraid' of aftershocks, aid worker says

Nov 15, 07 9:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Chileans spent the night in the streets after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake left at least 15,000 homeless, and damaged schools and gyms that might have served as shelters. But aid began arriving today, Reuters reports, as crews navigated treacherous road to bring food, water, and tents... More »

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Chile • homeless • quake • earthquake • aftershock • disaster

Major 7.7 Earthquake Shakes Chile

'Horribly strong' temblor felt across 1,300 miles in South America

Nov 14, 07 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rattled through northern Chile this morning, the AP reports, cutting power and causing injuries, but no deaths. The US Geological Survey said the temblor was centered 780 miles north of the capital Santiago, and a government spokeswoman said it was felt across 1,300 miles.... More »

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Chile • Santiago • US Geological Survey • Codelco • copper futures • Pacific Tsunami Warning Center • earthquake

China Widens Antarctic Presence

The race for the continent's seabed continues

Nov 6, 07 4:49 PM CST
(Newser) - China will build its third Antarctic research facility, expanding its presence on the continent as the international race for rights to the seabed heats up. As melting ice caps open the possibility of mining the seabed, countries including Chile, Argentina, and the UK are scrambling to claim portions of the... More »

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China • climate change • Chile • Argentina • Antarctica • Britain

Meteorite Hunter Gets His Due

He finds fame, maybe fortune, by digging through dust

Oct 27, 07 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - He’s not exactly Indiana Jones, but Steve Arnold does have fame, wild adventures, and an 18-foot-wide metal detector. Arnold, a meteorite hunter, has combed the deserts of Chile, the tundras of Siberia, and the streets of Chicago looking for the extraterrestrial lumps of metal, the LA Times reports.... More »

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Chicago • Oman • Chile • Kansas • South America • farmer • Bonhams Auctions • meteorites • Steve Arnold • Sahara • Houston Museum of Natural Science

Warrants Served for Pinochet Family, Staff

Indicted helped Chilean dictator to launder $27M into US accounts

Oct 4, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arrest warrants for embezzlement were issued today in Chile for associates of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, including his widow and five children, the BBC reports. The warrants allege that the accused helped Pinochet hide $27 million of state money in US bank accounts. The former dictator died in 2006 while... More »

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human rights • Chile • Augusto Pinochet • Michelle Bachelet

Ex-President Extradited to Peru for Human Rights Trial

Fujimori remains defiant, touts new 'legal armor'

Sep 22, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ex-president Albero Fujimori was extradited today to Peru, where he will face charges related to death-squad killings during his administration's fight against a Maoist uprising, the AP reports. Fujimori seemed unconcerned, touting the “legal armor”—he can only be tried on the two rights charges and five corruption... More »

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Peru • Chile • extradition • Alberto Fujimori • Keiko Fujimori

Fujimori Will
Be Extradited
to Peru

Former president faces human rights abuse, embezzlement charges

Sep 21, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chilean court ruled today to extradite Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori to his former country to face corruption and human rights abuse charges, Reuters reports. Judges cited evidence from two massacres linked to Fujimori’s war with Maoist faction Shining Path as the key to their decision. Fujimori has been... More »

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courts • Peru • Chile • international law • international court • extradition • Alberto Fujimori

Latin Neighbors Mistrust Chavez

'Chavismo' unloved in region, which is making democratic strides

Sep 19, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's regional popularity is largely hot air, a Pew survey shows, concluding that the Venezuelan president is “widely mistrusted.” In large numbers, Latin Americans also agree that “most people are better off in a free market economy”—including 72% of Chavez’s countrymen, Weekly Standard’... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Brazil • Bolivia • Chile • Ecuador • Simon Bolivar • Hugo Chávez

Bloody Riots Rock Santiago

Thousands battle riot police in Chile capital

Aug 30, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Riots erupted in Santiago, Chile, yesterday in what the Guardian calls a "middle class revolt" against the government of president Michele Bachelet. Burning barricades brought the capital almost to a standstill, riot troops used water cannon and tear gas, and protesters hurled stones. Protesters' demands include greater wage equality... More »

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Chile • strike • riots • Arturo Martinez • Augusto Pinochet • Santiago • Michelle Bachelet

Funny Cide Jockey Retires

Jose Santos calls it quits after breaking
his back in a fall

Jul 31, 07 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Future Hall of Fame jockey Jose Santos retired yesterday, six months after breaking his back in a fall during an Aqueduct race. Santos, 46, rode Funny Cide to the winner's circle in the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness. He posted 4,076 North American victories in his two-decade career, with... More »

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Kentucky Derby • horse racing • Chile • Jose Santos • Funny Cide • Horse Racing Hall of Fame

Brazil to Face Argentina in Copa Final

Championship will
be a replay of the
2004 matchup

Jul 12, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brazil out-shot Uruguay 5-4 in penalty kicks this Tuesday, earning itself a fifth Copa America final in six attempts. Argentina shut out Mexico 3-0 last night for the other spot in this year's championship Sunday in Venezuela. The match will be a recapitulation of 2004's final, in which Brazil downed... More »

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Venezuela • Brazil • Chile • Copa America • Argentina • Uruguay

Missing Lake Mystery Solved

A crack in the ice wall's to blame, scientists say

Jul 5, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chilean lake that mysteriously went missing between March and May was a casualty of global warming, says the lead scientist investigating its disappearance. Melting glaciers created a stream of water that cracked one of the lake's ice walls, sending the water pouring into an adjoining fjord and, eventually, out... More »

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global warming • Chile • Patagonia • disappearance • lake • glacier

Missing: Five-Acre Lake

Glacial lake in the Andes was there in March, gone in May

Jun 22, 07 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 100-foot-deep lake in the Chilean Andes vanished sometime between March and May, and scientists are stumped. The best guess in the case of the missing body of water is that it drained through cracks in the lakebed, but geologists have no idea where those cracks, usually caused by earthquakes,... More »

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science • Chile • Andes • geology • lake

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