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Can Chile's mining minister work another miracle?
Santiago :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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Chile (AP) — The Chilean official widely cheered for overseeing the rescue of trapped miners was besieged by hundreds of angry protesters Tuesday as he tried to resolve a paralyzing strike over gas prices. Laurence Golborne,
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Chile mining minister's new mission: Solving energy protests stranding thousands of tourists
Punta Arenas :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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The Chilean official widely cheered for overseeing the rescue of trapped miners was besieged by hundreds of angry protesters Tuesday as he tried to resolve a paralyzing strike over gas prices. Laurence Golborne, whose warm manner and skilled
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Bulgarian Antarctic Expeditions Still Stuck in Chile
Punta Arenas :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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The two Bulgarian Antarctic Expeditions, one returning and one incoming, are still blocked in Chile , which has significantly interfered with their scheduled research activities. The Bulgarian Embassy in Chile has contacted the representatives of all
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Chilean government invokes security law (AFP)
Santiago :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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The Chilean government has invoked a state security law in the hope of quelling unrest sparked by its decision to raise gas prices. The Internal Security Law allows authorities to use the military to maintain public order as well as to triple
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Gas subsidy cuts spark rioting in Chile
Santiago :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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Rioting over government cuts in fuel subsidies left two protesters dead, scores injured and at least 32 arrested in police counter action to restore peace in Chile's southern Magallanes region. The fatalities occurred in an incident involving rioters
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Chile: Patagonian city resumed dialogue to protest rising gas
A dialogue that seeks to end three days of protests over rising gas in the city of Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia, resumed his work as the membership of the movement began to wane, according to local media. After a first meeting on
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Chile protests turn deadly as Latin America buckles under rising energy prices
Punta Arenas :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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Stories The world's southernmost city, with a population of 110,000, remained largely paralyzed today by a general strike as local residents and elected officials demand that the national government maintain subsidies on natural gas, which is widely
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UMBC scientists lead NASA flights to measure South Pole ice
Punta Arenas :: Chile | over 2 years ago
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Roylance, The Baltimore Sun bs-md-antarctic-flights-20101115 Scientists flying high above the South Pole have made the first high-altitude radar measurements of the snow and ice beneath the pole's Scott-Amundsen Research Station. DC-9 jetliner flying
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Cheviot Sheep, Red Coats and Argentina's Deserts
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | almost 3 years ago
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While enjoying an afternoon of World Cup Football with some of my neighbors here in northwestern Patagonia, I thought halftime would be a great opportunity to ask the folks next door just what their opinions were on the Islas Malvinas/Falklands
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The Destruction of Dichato
Punta Arenas :: Chile | 3 years ago
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Ruby Weitzel is a journalist who lived through the tsunami at her summer home in the seaside town of Dichato, a bay of more than 3,000 inhabitants, 40 km (25 mi.) from Concepción. The village was completely destroyed on Saturday, Feb. 27 by a tsunami
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