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Research May Upend What We Thought About Early Humans

Analysis suggests Chile's Monte Verde site dates to Middle Holocene, not ice age—but not all agree

(Newser) - Monte Verde, long treated as one of the earliest human camps in South America, is suddenly at the center of a sharp scientific split over the timeline. A new study in Science argues that the famed Chilean site isn't a 14,500-year-old camp from the ice age at all,...

Peru to Declare Emergency at Border Over Influx of Migrants

Venezuelans are coming in through Chile

(Newser) - President José Jerí of Peru said his government on Friday would declare a state of emergency along the country's southern border and deploy more armed forces to the area as a large number of Venezuelan migrants venture north from Chile, where anti-immigrant sentiment has surged during a fraught presidential...

Hikers Die in Blizzard at Chilean National Park

Victims are from Mexico, Germany, and UK, officials say

(Newser) - A fierce blizzard that packed winds nearing 110mph led to the deaths of five tourists in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile's Patagonia region, officials confirmed Tuesday. The victims, identified as two Mexican nationals, two Germans, and one Brit, were part of a group that went missing amid...

US Influencer Who Snuck Into Antarctica Finally Allowed to Leave

Ethan Guo agreed to make a hefty cancer donation to avoid a trial

(Newser) - An American social media influencer who was stuck in a Chilean airbase in Antarctica for two months, and initially charged for submitting a false flight plan, on Saturday returned to the mainland, the AP reports. Ethan Guo, who was 19 years old when he began his fundraising mission for cancer...

Expect More—and More Powerful—Eruptions
Expect More—and More
Powerful—Eruptions
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Jul 8, 2025 7:27 AM CDT

Expect More—and More Powerful—Eruptions

Study links rapid ice loss to increased volcanic activity worldwide

(Newser) - The ongoing melting of glaciers and ice caps due to global warming could set off a new wave of volcanic eruptions, potentially reshaping land and amplifying the climate crisis, according to new research. The process works like this: as ice thins out, pressure is lifted from underground magma chambers,...

Investigators Think Maduro Borrowed a Lethal Putin Tactic

Venezuelan leader accused of ordering murder of a political enemy on foreign soil

(Newser) - The footage from security cameras inside an apartment building in Chile depict what looks like a straightforward arrest: As the New York Times reports, it shows three men in police uniform escorting their handcuffed prisoner away in the middle of the night. But Chilean authorities say it's not what...

Tiny Endangered Chilean Froglets Born Far From Home

33 Darwin's frogs traveled to London Zoo in fathers' vocal sacs

(Newser) - It was quite the journey for such tiny froglets: traveling thousands of miles from the forests of southern Chile to London, carried and brooded inside their fathers' vocal sacs for safety. London Zoo said Monday that 33 endangered Darwin's frogs, named after scientist Charles Darwin who discovered the species,...

He's the First Leader From Americas to Visit South Pole

Chile's Gabriel Boric is also only the third world leader ever to do so

(Newser) - Chilean President Gabriel Boric has joined a tiny group within the club of world leaders: He just became only the third in history to visit the South Pole, reports the BBC . Boric is also the first from the Americas to make the visit, with the others coming from New Zealand...

Watches Stolen From Keanu's Home Surface in Chile

One Rolex matches description of the ones Keanu Reeves gave stuntmen

(Newser) - A year after they apparently were stolen from Keanu Reeves' Los Angeles home, three watches have been reported found in Chile. Police there said they were recovered in Santiago during an operation Saturday in response to a series of robberies, CNN reports. A 21-year-old man was arrested, they said. One...

In Chile's Desert, Racers Wreak Havoc on Ancient Art

The geoglyphs in Alto Barranco are being crisscrossed with tire tracks

(Newser) - "This landscape has stayed the same for 25 million years," says archaeologist Gonzálo Pimentel of Chile's Atacama Desert. The blistering sun and scant rain have left the desert little changed until about a thousand years ago, when ancient Indigenous peoples began carving massive geoglyphs—depictions of...

Unto a Chilean Zoo, a Rare White Rhino Is Born

Silverio is the third calf for his parents, in an uncommon success story

(Newser) - Hannah, a 13-year-old southern white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species. The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, two weeks ago marked the third time that a white rhino has ever been born in South America, reports the AP...

Ex-Forestry Official Accused of Planning Fire That Killed 137

Volunteer firefighter allegedly started Chile blaze

(Newser) - A Chilean judge has ordered the detention of a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire in the Valparaiso region that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February. The court in Valparaiso ruled the two men, who...

Underwater Mountains Serve Up Dozens of New Species

On this expedition in the South Pacific, at least 50 new ones emerged

(Newser) - Over 40 days exploring an 1,800-mile underwater mountain chain extending from Chile to Easter Island, an international team of scientists discovered an entirely unknown species once a day on average. The team led by Erin Easton of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Javier Sellanes of Chile'...

Bird Flu Continues to Wreak Havoc, Killing Seals Worldwide

Tens of thousands of seals, sea lions have died, and scientists aren't sure how to slow the spread

(Newser) - Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don't see a clear way to slow the devastating virus . The worldwide bird flu outbreak that began in 2020 has led to the deaths of...

What Killed Poet Pablo Neruda? New Inquiry Aims to 'Clarify'

Chilean court reopens investigation into Nobel laureate's 1973 death amid rumors of poisoning

(Newser) - Chile is again probing the mystery of what killed Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda the day before he was to flee the country amid a 1973 coup. Considered Chile's national poet and greatest intellectual, Neruda had been a close friend of socialist President Salvador Allende, who killed himself rather...

Chile Ex-President Drowned After Crashing Into Lake

All 3 passengers in Sebastian Pinera's helicopter survived

(Newser) - Chilean prosecutors on Wednesday released more details about the death of former President Sebastian Pinera, saying he drowned after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake, the AP reports. Pinera, 74, died on Tuesday after a flight over Lake Ranco, more than 560 miles south of Santiago. The...

Chile Struggles to Contain Fatal Forest Fires
Hundreds Missing in
Devastating Chile Fires
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Feb 5, 2024 5:03 PM CST

Hundreds Missing in Devastating Chile Fires

Death toll in central Chile hits 122

(Newser) - Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass, and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 122. Hundreds of people remain missing. The fires appeared to have diminished by Monday morning after burning intensely since Friday...

After Latest Airstrike, Calls for End to Israeli 'War Crimes'

Arab nations condemn Israeli strike on refugee camp as groups claim use of white phosphorus

(Newser) - Dozens of people entered the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt on Wednesday in what appeared to be the first time foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave the besieged territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war more than three weeks ago, the AP reports. Egyptian state-run media...

Measuring Error Cancels Winner's World Record

Route at Pan American Games turns out to be almost 2 miles too short

(Newser) - Peru's Kimberly García thought she set the world record in the women's 20 kilometers walk race at the Pan American Games in Chile. She later found out she didn't. Organizers of the largest multi-sports in the continent said in a statement that the times of the...

The Remains Were Obliterated. Chile Will Search for Them

50 years after Pinochet's coup, the Chilean government will look for the missing

(Newser) - September will bring with it the 50th anniversary of the coup that brought down Chile's democratically elected government and established Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship in its stead—and ahead of that anniversary, Chile on Wednesday is set to move forward with its plan to find the remains of those...

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