Metropolitana (Region- Chile)

Political prisoner, detained in 1973, returns home to Chile

Soldiers toook German Rene Cofre Martinez away during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 Remains were identified as his in 1995, but misidentification discovered in 2006 He'd been in Argentina for 35 years before returning to...

Foreign investment in Chile reaches over $2 in first 8 months

SANTIAGO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Foreign investment in Chile from January to August reached 2.35 billion U.S. dollars, up 187 percent over the same period in 2007, the government announced Tuesday. Chilean Economy Minister Hugo...

Miner Antofagasta maintains Chile investment plan-paper

SANTIAGO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Chile's Antofagasta Minerals , a London-listed copper miner, does not plan to slow investments in Chile due to the slowing global economy, but projects abroad may be reviewed, a company official...

Chile cenbank injects $100 mln via currency swap

SANTIAGO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Chile's central bank said on Tuesday it injected $100 million into the local financial market through a currency swap auction meant to boost dollar liquidity in the face of a global credit crunch....

Label Release - Federico Giust - It's Getting Late [JETLAG DIGITAL] ::: OUT NOW

Hi guys, here's a new track i released on german label jetlag digital Federico Giust - It´s Getting Late EP (featuring remixes by Federico Monachesi, Santiago Deep, Noyd) [JETLAG DIGITAL] Tucked away neatly between Brazil and...

Public sector workers on strike in Chile

SANTIAGO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- About 450,000 public sector workers in Chile on Monday declared an indefinite strike for higher wages after salary negotiations with the government stalled. The workers sought a salary increase of...

Chile's peso and stocks fall with global markets (at Reuters)

SANTIAGO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Chile's peso and bourse weakened on Monday, as global stock and commodity prices retreated on the latest signs of the weak global economy. The peso CHILJ depreciated 1.27 percent to close...

UPDATE 1-Chile October copper exports sink to $2.692 billion

SANTIAGO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The value of Chile's copper exports was $2.692 billion in October, down 28.6 percent from the same month last year, central bank figures showed on Monday. In September this year, Chile exported...

Mural unveiled after cover-up

Chile's military dictatorship of the 1970s so hated a mural by painter Roberto Matta that it covered the work with 16 coats of paint. Now the surrealist mural is back on display at the La Granja city hall outside Santiago after...

Plagued by fungus? Bacteria? Try copper socks (Reuters)

Reuters - Copper socks? Copper towels? How about copper subway poles? These are only a few of the ways Chile, the world's biggest copper producer, is utilizing the red metal which is more commonly found in the construction and...

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