Today, the Ministry of Education held a seminar entitled “Education Reform: Rules of Engagement to Improve Inclusiveness and Excellence in Education” at the Santiago Park Plaza Hotel. SANTIAGO — One of the main pillars of Michelle Bachelet’s presidency is an education reform that will change the face of Chile’s schools…
A riot took place last night inside the Puente Alto prison, leaving 23 people injured. PUENTE ALTO — The riot is reported to have begun at 9:45 p.m. and was brought under control shortly before midnight. Special Forces from the Carabineros were called in to guard the outside of the…
Various Chilean news outlets have entitled this upcoming Wednesday a “historic day.” The Movement of Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movimiento de Integración and Liberación Homosexual, Movilh) announced at a press conference in Santiago Centro that a member of the military will make a public statement about their sexual orientation. Santiago…
Some of Barcelona’s most popular players have taken to Twitter to show support for Chilean teammate Alexis Sanchez and his birthplace, Tocopilla. TOCOPILLA — “¡Fuerza Tocopilla!. Reconstrucción y médicos especialistas. Ya” (Strength to Tocopilla! Reconstruction and medical specialists already!). With these words in a post on Facebook, Alexis Sánchez gave…
With the big event just over two months away, Lotus Producciones has announced the program for Lollapalooza in Santiago, Chile. The first day will begin at 11.45am with a performance by Banda Conmoción, and throughout the day 32 acts will perform on six different stages. Acts to perform on the…
For Chilean Madonna fans, Wednesday night turned into an agonizing two-hours of waiting in the rain which, in the end, wasn’t properly rewarded. Estadio Nacional looked like a sea of umbrellas and colorful ponchos yesterday. Chilean fans of Madonna have been waiting for her to come back since 2008 to…
After a group of Mapuche people attempted to occupy a plot of land they consider ancestral property in Chile’s Araucanía Region, law enforcement used force to evict them from the La Romana and Montenegro forestry plantations. Now, Amnesty International is calling for Chilean authorities to launch an investigation into the…
MOUNT EVEREST, NEPAL — A Chilean team led by Rodrigo Jordan has reached the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point in the world. It was Jordan’s second climb to the summit with the journey marking twenty years since his first ascent. He was not only the first Chilean to…
SANTIAGO – Various Chilean trade officials, past and present, have voiced their doubts over Chile’s need to form part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), at a public seminar held in the Universidad Católica last week on information justice and intellectual property under the new agreement. A debate arose from the…
New York City – Chilean-American Ultra Runner Zandy Mangold is training for a 250km race in the Atacama Desert starting on March 4th, 2012. Zandy’s Chilean father, Tomas Mangold, will be returning to San Pedro De Atacama for the first time in over 25 years to support his son and…