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Northern Chile hit by 5.9 magnitude quake

The USGS says the quake occurred at 4:35 am local time was centered 52 kilometers off the Chilean co...

Chile opening Pinochet`s last will and testament

Chilean officials will open the last will and testament of Gen Augusto Pinochet on Wednesday, a key ...

Strong quake shakes Chile, no damage reported

A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Chile`s eastern port of Valparaiso early on Tuesday.

No deaths, few injuries in latest Chile quake

Residents in Santiago fled their homes as the 7.1 tremor rattled television sets, kitchen cabinets a...

Chile: No damage, injuries in 5.1-magnitude quake

A 5.1-magnitude temblor has shaken awake residents of Chile`s capital, but no damage or injuries h...

‘Plane carrying 8 missing in southern Chile’

An ambulance plane carrying eight people went missing on a route in southern Chile on Thursday, of...

Chile consul`s daughter killed by Venezuela police

Venezuela`s Interior Ministry said 12 officials from the CICPC had been detained and a criminal inve...

UFO `captured on film` in Chile

A video from Chile captures an unusual flying object during an air-show.

Peru frees Chilean arrested outside air base

Peruvian police have freed one of two Chileans arrested this week on suspicion of espionage.

Chile: Generals guilty, trafficked arms to Croatia

Chile sent 36 crates of weapons and ammunition to Budapest on a private plane in 1992.

A ‘fat’ distant galaxy cluster called El Gordo

An international team of astronomers have located a massive, hot young galaxy cluster nicknamed “El ...

Chile backs off removing `dictatorship` from texts

Chilean Education Minister earlier suggested calling the 1973-1990 rule of General Augusto Pinochet ...

Chile blames deadly fires on Mapuche Indian terror

Chile`s government said that many of the wildfires burning out of control in Patagonia were set inte...

Comet Lovejoy blazes trail across Chilean sky

Comet Lovejoy has been captured in stunning time-lapse video taken from the Paranal Observatory in C...

Chile education minister resigns amid protests

Chile`s education minister has resigned, becoming the second minister to give up that post amid ma...

Rapid retreat of Chile glacier captured in images

Researchers in Chile released a series of time-lapse photos Wednesday showing the dramatic retreat o...

Chilean students clash with police during protest

Students launched the protests more than six months ago in Chile to demand more funding to public ed...

Magnitude 5.8 quake hits Chile, no damage seen

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook northern Chile early Saturday, but there were no immediate reports ...

Students briefly occupy Chile`s Senate building

Dozens of youths demanded a referendum on how to resolve Chile`s social problems, especially educati...

Largest virus found off the coast of Chile

Called Megavirus chilensis, it is 10 to 20 times longer than the average virus.

Trapped Chilean miners discussed cannibalism

The 33 Chilean miners who spent more than two months trapped 700 meters underground discussed the po...

Chile: Talks broken, police move in on students

Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student march for free public educati...

All 21 dead in Chile Air Force plane crash

The plane, a turboprop-powered Casa 212, made two attempts to land on the main island but failed, af...

Chileans find bodies from crashed air force plane

A Chilean Air Force plane with 21 people aboard crashed in the ocean near the Juan Fernandez islands...

Chile recognises 9,800 more Pinochet victims

Survivors of rights violations will get lifetime pensions of about USD 260 a month.

Shamini-Patkar finish runners-up at Chile Open

India`s women paddlers` team of Kumaresan Shamini and Madhurika Patkar had to be content with a runn...

Chile battle back to hold France

France and Chile drew 1-1 in an entertaining friendly encounter, with Loic Remy`s first-half strike ...

Chile riot police clash with protesting students

Chilean riot police have fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse violent protesters on the...

Sharath withdraws from Chile Open due to illness

Sharath, who was initially supposed to play in the Chile Open and was seeded third in the men`s sing...

Chile marks emotional mine accident anniversary

A cave-in trapped 33 miners deep inside the San Jose mine on August 05, 2010.

Chile police, students clash in banned protests

The students were pressing for changes to Chile`s underfunded and unequal public education system.

Snow, rain hit world`s driest desert in Chile

This has been the wettest winter in decades for Chile`s arid northern desert, where fractions of an ...

World`s largest radio telescope gears up in Chile

The world`s largest network of radio telescopes is ready to begin the first phase of operations in n...

Copa America: Venezuela leave Chile in cold

Venezuela completed a weekend of Copa America shocks by reaching the semi-finals for the first time ...

Chile miners sue government for 69-day ordeal

Some 31 miners who endured 69 days trapped underground when a northern Chile mine collapsed are suin...

Copa America: Chile win Pacifico clasico

Chile took neighbourly bragging rights at the Copa America, winning their Pacifico clasico with Peru...

Chile hold Uruguay in Copa America stalemate

Uruguay and Chile drew 1-1 at the Copa America on Friday as the list of stalemates in the early stag...

Vidal heads Chileans past Mexico

Chile fought their way past Mexico 2-1 to go two points clear in Group C, Arturo Vidal bagging the w...

Chile police tear gas education protesters

Chilean police arrested 13 during the biggest protest in two months demanding educational reforms.

Chilean begins as UN peacekeeping chief in Haiti

Mariano Fernandez Amunategui replaces Edmond Mulet, who left the job in late May.

Australia flights to New Zealand to resume Monday

The flights were suspended due to volcanic ash pluming from eruptions in Chile.

Australia-New Zealand travel off due to Chile ash

All Australia`s major carriers cancelled flights to New Zealand for the entire weekend.

Ash cloud hits NZ as Australian flights resume

Australian flights grounded by the Chilean ash cloud resumed on Wednesday as the plume cleared.

Flight chaos in Australia as ash cloud returns

The Chilean ash cloud returned to Australia with a vengeance cancelling hundreds of flights.

Chile volcano ash circles globe, returns home

The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that has been erupting for nearly two weeks has circled the g...

More flights halted by ash from Chilean volcano

The cloud of ash spewing from a volcano in Chile grounded more flights late Tuesday in South America...

Chile ash cloud disrupts flights on two continents

The Chilean Meteorological Service, said prevailing winds would continue to blow the ash into Argent...

Chile volcano ash grounds Australia, NZ flights

This was the first time in about two decades that an ash cloud was expected to cross the continent.

Ash from Chilean volcano grounds flights

Numerous flights in Brazil, Chile and Uruguay also were cancelled as a precaution.

`Chile should clear up mystery of Salvador Allende`s death`

Salvador Allende died during the 1973 coup led by Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet.

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