News: Chile

We have started to collect the most important news related to Chile in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Chile: news

Chile rejects hydro-electric project

Tuesday, June 10th 2014, 17:47

The Chilean government has rejected a huge hydro-electric project in a beautiful part of Patagonia, in the south of the country.
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VIDEO: Lift shoots up 30 floors in 15 seconds

Monday, June 9th 2014, 19:58

A Chilean man was seriously injured on Saturday when a lift in his apartment building shot up 30 floors in 15 seconds.
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Murray's Madrid run ended by Giraldo

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 17:22
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

Andy Murray is knocked out of the third round of the Madrid Masters, losing 6-3 6-2 to an in-form Santiago Giraldo.
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Chile's firefighters in spotlight after Valparaiso blaze

Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 0:32
related places: Valparaiso

After Valparaiso, is Chile's voluntary fire service enough?
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Astrotourism skyrockets in Chile

Thursday, April 24th 2014, 14:46

Why tourists are flocking to Chile's observatories
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Trouble in paradise for Chile's Easter Island

Friday, April 18th 2014, 1:02

Easter Island struggles to cope with tourist influx
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Bolivia files claim over Chilean sea

Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 17:47
related countries: Bolivia

Bolivia's president submits legal documents to the UN highest court in support of his country's claim to regain access to the sea from Chile.
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Chilean residents survey fire damage

Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 12:56
related places: Valparaiso

Residents of the Chilean city of Valparaiso return to areas burned by a fast-moving forest fire which engulfed parts of the historic port.
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Chile promises to rebuild Valparaiso

Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 1:35
related places: Valparaiso

President Michelle Bachelet of Chile promises her government will rebuild the areas destroyed by a forest fire that has killed at least 15 people in the port city of Valparaiso.
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In pictures: Chile fire rages on

Monday, April 14th 2014, 20:41

Firefighters battle to control Chilean inferno
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VIDEO: Thousands flee deadly Chile fire

Monday, April 14th 2014, 14:09
related places: Valparaiso

At least 12 people die in forest fire sparked over the weekend in the hills around the Chilean city of Valparaiso.
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Deadly Chile fire forces evacuations

Monday, April 14th 2014, 1:22
related places: Valparaiso

A large and moving forest fire kills at least 12 people in Chile's port city of Valparaiso and forces more than 10,000 people to evacuate.
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In pictures: Fire hits Chilean city

Sunday, April 13th 2014, 20:25
related places: Valparaiso

Fire tears through homes in Chilean port city of Valparaiso
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Pinochet victims reburied in Chile

Sunday, April 13th 2014, 19:37

The remains of six men are buried in Chile more than 40 years after they were killed by the military government of Augusto Pinochet.
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VIDEO: Thousands flee deadly fire in Chile

Sunday, April 13th 2014, 17:07
related places: Valparaiso

A forest fire in Chile has killed at least 11 people and destroyed 500 homes in the historic port city of Valparaiso.
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VIDEO: New hope for Pinochet missing

Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 1:46

Nearly 40,000 files on people who went missing during the rule of Augusto Pinochet have been released by authorities in Chile.
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VIDEO: Quake cleanup continues in Chile

Saturday, April 5th 2014, 8:14

A clean-up operation is underway in northern Chile where a magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused major damage on Tuesday.
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VIDEO: Second large quake strikes Chile

Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 10:45

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked northern Chile, just over 24 hours after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, destroyed 2,600 houses and led to mass evacuations.
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Second large quake strikes Chile

Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 5:07

A 7.6 earthquake rocks northern Chile, a day after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, and forces the visiting president to evacuate.
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Prison escape in quake-hit Chile city

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 21:36
related places: Iquique

Chile's authorities have deployed soldiers to the quake-hit city of Iquique after some 300 inmates flee a women's prison.
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Disaster declared after Chile quake

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 12:39

Chile declares two northern regions hit by a 8.2 magnitude earthquake to be disaster areas, with at least six people left dead.
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Tsunami alert after 8.2 Chile quake

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 4:41
related places: Iquique

An earthquake of 8.2 magnitude strikes off the coast of northern Chile, triggering a tsunami alert and killing at least five people.
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Chile's Bachelet faces first protest

Sunday, March 23rd 2014, 2:05
related places: Santiago

Tens of thousands of Chileans rally in Santiago to encourage new President Michelle Bachelet to carry out the reforms she has promised.
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Chile to review hydro energy plans

Wednesday, March 19th 2014, 18:17

Chile's new government says it will review plans for HidroAysen, its biggest energy project, following environmental concerns.
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Bachelet sworn in as Chile president

Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 16:42

Michelle Bachelet - Chile's first woman president in 2006 - is sworn in for a second time after her election victory in December.
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Chile's student leaders come of age

Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 10:10

Chile's student leaders enter congress
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VIDEO: Chile's 'whale graveyard' explained

Wednesday, February 26th 2014, 14:11
related countries: United States

A graveyard of whales found beside the Pan-American Highway in Chile has been said to be one of the most astonishing fossil discoveries of recent years.
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Stunning whale graveyard explained

Wednesday, February 26th 2014, 1:32

Scientists think they can now explain the discovery of a graveyard of fossil whales in Chile that accumulated more than five million years ago.
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Owls drafted in to fight deadly virus

Friday, February 21st 2014, 9:38

Chilean officials turn to an unlikely ally - owls - to fight a virus that has already killed 15 people.
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Arrest over Brazil cameraman death

Wednesday, February 12th 2014, 11:53
related countries: Botswana, Brazil

Police arrest a man suspected of throwing a flare which mortally wounded Brazilian TV cameraman Santiago Andrade in northern Bahia state.
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Brazil unrest cameraman 'brain dead'

Monday, February 10th 2014, 20:33
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian cameraman Santiago Andrade, who was hurt in clashes between protesters and police in Rio de Janeiro last week, is brain dead, doctors say.
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VIDEO: Puma causes havoc in Chile kitchen

Friday, January 31st 2014, 6:02

Members of a family in Chile had a shocking start to the day when they went to the kitchen for breakfast and found a two-year-old puma in the kitchen.
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