Santiago News

Researchers with the project have found about 5,600 new species on top of the 230,000 known. They hope to add several thousand more by October 2010, when the census will be done At 2,750 meters deep in the Northern Gulf...

Around 2,000 Chilean airport workers went on a strike on Friday to paralyze air traffic operations, weather services and airport security. Their efforts, however, only resulted in delays and long lines of passengers waiting to board their flights. "We have...

Chile— Seismologists say a strong earthquake has struck northern Chile. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6.5-magnitude quake's epicenter is between the cities of Iquique and Arica, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) from each. It hit just after midnight Friday...

BHP Billiton is scrambling to assess the time it will take to repair damage caused by a runaway ore skip inside the 500-metre main haulage shaft at its Olympic Dam copper/uranium/gold mine in South Australia...A lengthy repair time could force...

Peruvian President Alan Garcia left Singapore on the eve of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit after reports surfaced that an air force officer was accused of spying for the Chilean government, Peru's foreign minister said Saturday. "We do consider, from...

AES, the Arlington, Va.-based power generating company, said Friday that it would raise capital for new projects by selling a 15 percent stake in the company to a unit of China's sovereign wealth fund for $1.6 billion. AES said the...

The widespread efforts to promote green technologies incorporating lithium-ion batteries just became a little easier. SQM ) , announced a voluntary 20% reduction in its price for lithium this week. In a move that I believe will pay off in...

Chile has given its indigenous population more government representation, creating two bodies dedicated to indigenous rights. The decision was made after members of Chile's largest indigenous group, the Mapuche tribe, clashed with police several times last month over land issues...