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CLEAN : Argentina: family of dead activist rejects drowning theory
Relatives of an Argentine activist for indigenous rights whose body was found in a river this month believe Santiago Maldonado was murdered and accuse the state of forcibly disappearing him
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Guillier vows to fight on in Chile Presidential race
Chile's independent center-left candidate, Alejandro Guillier, looks set to face billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera in a presidential runoff following Sunday's election.
With just under 92 percent of ballots counted,...
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4 Venezuelan judges get political asylum in Chile
Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz personally received four Venezuelan judges who are seeking asylum in Chile on Thursday.
Elenis Rodriguez, Beatriz Ruiz, José Fernando Nunez and Zuleima Gonzalez had been living inside...
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Four judges flee Venezuela to Chile
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1. Various of Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz walking out in...
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Forensic experts say Chile's Neruda did not die of cancer
An international team of scientists says Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer.
The panel of experts focused on identifying pathogenic bacteria that might have caused his death. They made their...
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Candidates for Chile's presidency approach end of campaign
The two frontrunners in Chile's presidential election held closing campaign rallies on Thursday.
Four years after leaving office as a deeply unpopular leader, Sebastian Pinera is a strong favourite to win Sunday's election,...
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Thousands demand answers about death of Argentina activist
Thousands of Argentines attended a protest over the death of Santiago Maldonado in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, calling for justice for the activist who went missing at an indigenous rights demonstration and was later found dead.
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Palestinians in Chile protest Trump plan to move embassy to Jerusalem
Police fired water cannon at protesters outside the US Embassy in Santiago on Monday, as they demonstrated against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Around 2-thousand...
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Chilean presidential candidates go head to head in final debate
Chilean Presidential candidates Sebastian Pinera and Alejandro Guillier have clashed in the country's last televised debate ahead of the election.
Pinera and Guillier debated many key areas including education, the economy...
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Voting underway in Chile presidential election
Chileans voters will decide on Sunday whether to swing the world's top copper-producing country to the right or maintain its centre-left path in a fiercely contested presidential runoff election.
Polls had predicted that...
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Pinera backers celebrate victory in Chile vote
Supporters of former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera are out in the streets across the nation to celebrate the conservative billionaire's easy victory in Sunday's presidential runoff election.
Some are waving flags and...
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Pinera thanks supporters for win in Chile vote
Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera easily won Chile's presidential runoff election on Sunday, moving the world's top-copper producing country back to the right in the footsteps of other Latin American nations.
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Chile's presidential candidates hold closing rallies
Chilean presidential candidates Sebastian Pinera and Alejandro Guillier held their closing campaign rallies Thursday ahead of Sunday's run-off election.
Guillier, a 64-year-old former journalist, campaigned on promises to...
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Candidates hold closing rallies ahead of Chile's Sunday vote
Chilean presidential candidates Sebastian Pinera and Alejandro Guillier held their closing campaign rallies Thursday ahead of Sunday's run-off election.
Guillier, a 64-year-old former journalist, campaigned on promises to...
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Argentina accelerates search for missing sub
Argentina says that it is accelerating the search for a submarine that has been lost in the South Atlantic for nine days amid growing fears for its 44 crew members.
The navy says an explosion occurred near the time and...
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Amor en el aire: papa casa a pareja chilena en pleno vuelo
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Esta feliz pareja celebra que el papa Francisco los acaba de casar.
Los flamantes esposos son sobrecargos de la aerolínea LATAM y se encontraban trabajando en el...
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400,000 Chileans turn out for Francis' public Mass
An estimated 400,000 jubilant Chileans turned out for Pope Francis' public Mass in Santiago on Tuesday.
The massive gathering took place in the capital's O'Higgins park where St. John Paul II celebrated Mass three decades...
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Pope blesses crowd at Padre Hurtado Sanctuary in Chile
Paying his respects to Chile's Saint Hurtado, at the Padre Hurtado Sanctuary in his name, Pope Francis blessed the crowd of people who had waited for him there at a smaller private event Tuesday.
Francis started the day...
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VOICED : Iglesias de Chile sufren ataques en visperas de visita del papa
AMPLIACION: Tres iglesias catolicas fueron atacadas con artefactos explosivos el viernes en Santiago
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VOICED : Masivo adios a Nicanor Parra chileno que bajo poesia del cielo
Una multitud le dio el ultimo adios el miercoles en la Catedral de Santiago al poeta chileno Nicanor Parra que fallecio el martes a los 103 anos
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Lima Group meets in Chile to discuss Venezuela crisis
The "Lima Group" met in Santiago on Tuesday to analyze the situation in Venezuela after negotiations were stalled last week in the Dominican Republic between Caracas and the opposition.
The Group is comprised of a dozen...
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Pope welcomed in Santiago by Chilean President Bachelet
Pope Francis arrived in Chile on Monday for this two-day official visit to the country.
Francis was met by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the airport.
Many Chileans have expressed concern in recent...
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China signs agreements that deepen ties in Latin America
China and the Community of American States and Caribbean (CELAC) signed several documents on Monday that deepen the ties of the Asian country in the region.
After a day and a half behind closed doors and in a brief press...
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VOICED : Grupo de Lima rechaza adelanto de elecciones en Venezuela
Los cancilleres del grupo de Lima reunidos en Santiago manifestaron el martes su rechazo al anuncio de la Asamblea Constituyente de Venezuela de adelantar las presidenciales para antes del 30 de abril por considerar que ello no permitira...