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Peruvian officials said Tuesday that an air force officer has confessed to passing national security secrets to Chile, where President Michelle Bachelet denied the espionage allegations, calling them offensive.
Small groups of Mapuche Indians have so rattled Chile by seizing forests, burning buses and attacking police to demand land and autonomy that the leftist government has turned to dictatorship-era measures to quell the violence.
Peruvian President Alan Garcia accused Chile of assaulting Peru's sovereignty, throwing his weight behind allegations that Chile paid a Peruvian military officer to spy.
A strong earthquake struck northern Chile early Friday, briefly knocking out power to a city but otherwise causing no major damages, authorities said.
Hundreds of former military draftees rallying outside Chile's presidential palace were asked Sunday to come forward and reveal crimes they committed and witnessed during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
Chile's president has sent to Congress a bill that would strip military courts of their ability to try civilians.
Four former top army officials were sentenced to prison Monday in the murder of a colonel shortly after he testified about an illegal deal to smuggle weapons to Croatia.
President Michelle Bachelet proposed Tuesday to create a Ministry for Indigenous Affairs to place more weight on policies affecting Chile's Indian communities, many of which are mired in poverty and demanding political autonomy.
A judge is questioning the eldest son of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in an investigation into his father's secret overseas bank accounts.
The Chilean air force said Tuesday it has invited its Peruvian counterpart to send observers to military maneuvers that Peru has interpreted as threatening and wants canceled.
President Michelle Bachelet has celebrated her 58th birthday by dancing a traditional Chilean cueca — with a library worker who plucked up the courage to ask.
Police and hooded protesters clashed Friday in Chile's capital on the anniversary of the 1973 military coup that toppled elected President Salvador Allende. State television reported one death amid the disturbances.
Chilean police say a young man distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend hanged himself while she watched over a Web camera.
Chilean authorities say they have destroyed 90,000 turkey eggs since swine flu was detected in the birds two weeks ago.
A Chilean judge says he has determined the exact value of the secret overseas fortune amassed by late dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
A Chilean judge on Tuesday ordered the arrests of 129 former security officers on charges tied to the disappearance of leftists and the slaying of the communist party leadership during the Pinochet dictatorship.
Landlocked Bolivia's effort to regain the Pacific coastline it lost in a war with Chile more than a century ago will come up again Friday on the sidelines of the South American presidents' summit.
At least 200 sea lions have been found dead along Chile's northern coast.
Two years before the coup that toppled the leftist leader of Chile, President Richard Nixon and Brazilian President Emilio Medici discussed coordinated intervention in that nation and Cuba, according to a newly declassified document.
Dozens of Indian communities agreed to form the Mapuche Territorial Alliance to fight for political autonomy, a leader said Saturday after several days of violence over land seizures in southern Chile.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Harvest time for New Mexico's beloved green chile crop is just weeks away, and experts predict it's going to be a strong and plentiful harvest this year, to the delight of chile growers and chile-eating junkies.
In one of the driest regions on earth, even a drizzle can cause an emergency.
Hortensia Bussi, the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende who helped lead opposition to the military dictatorship that ousted her socialist husband in a bloody 1973 coup, died Thursday. She was 94.
Two retired Chilean generals have been sentenced to prison for shipping arms to Croatia at the time of its battle for independence from Yugoslavia.
Chile's health minister has announced South America's first swine-flu death: that of a 37-year-old Chilean plumber.
Peru and Chile in 'spy' scandalA new diplomatic row has erupted between Peru and Chile after a Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers over alleged spying. The court accused the officers of paying a Peruvian air force officer to reveal national secrets.
Unhealthy America The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this:
South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race? | csmonitor.comVenezuela's Chavez recently bought tanks and missiles from Russia. Several South American countries - including Brazil, Colombia and Chile - are increasing their defense spending in a region that faces no external threats.
Destruction at So. American archaeological sites following Dakar (auto) Rally According to the National Monuments Council's report, four of the sites that sustained damage are in the region of Atacama and two are in the region of Coquimbo, around 500km north of Santiago.
Sept. 11 Coup Anniversary Continues To Incite Violence, Protests More than 3,000 armed Carabineros (uniformed police) will line the streets today, Friday, while high-tech security helicopters monitor the situation from the skies in anticipation of violence. But bombs and gunshots, which authorities have linked to Sept.
Israeli Initiative: UNRWA Has Never Helped, and Never Will More than 1,500 Arab refugees from Iraq, descendants of Arabs who fled pre-state Israel in the 1940s, have recently been welcomed into the United States and Chile.
Chile finds 1st case of H1N1 virus in turkeysChile's health authority says it has identified the H1N1 influenza virus in turkeys, the first cases found outside humans and pigs.
Intense drizzle causes emergency in Chilean desert cityWhere does this city of 200,000 get it's water?
Experts Discover Six Kilometers Of Caves In Easter Island A team of experts recently discovered a six-kilometer-long lava cave system on Easter Island thought to have been used as a refuge by the island's inhabitants during the 16th century.
The Cult of the Caudillo: Why Honduras Has Latin America WorriedTied to wealthy business interests and brought to power by the military, the provisional government brings back memories of the coup in which Chilean Augusto Pinochet tore down the Socialist project of Salvador Allende in 1973.
Ancient parents made mummy keepsakes of babies lost to arsenic poisoningA few years ago Arriaza launched a daring new theory: the Chinchorro were victims of arsenic poisoning. "I was reading a Chilean newspaper that talked about pollution and it had a map of arsenic and lead pollution, and it said arsenic caused abortions.
TheStar.com | Insight | U.S. role in coups: Sinister no more?How the Honduras coup may show that US intervention in Latin America maybe a thing of the past
Distribution of morning-after pill prohibited in ChileThe National Comptroller's Office of Chile, which oversees a wide range of government activities, issued a decree on June 16 prohibiting the distribution of the morning-after pill by all municipalities and by any private or public organization.
No Obama apology for CIA in Latin AmericaUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday declined to apologize for a past CIA interventions and alleged coup attempts in Latin America, after talks with Chilean leader Michele Bachelet.
Chilean octogenarian arrested over drug ringPolice in Chile have arrested two elderly women on charges of operating a drug trafficking ring.
Chilean 'Fritzl' accused of raping daughterA Chilean workman has been arrested after he was accused of raping his daughter over a 14 year period and fathering four children by her, police said.
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Physicists See The Cosmos In A Coffee CupA Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with the way gravity magnifies and distorts light from distant galaxies. More Articles
Want legs with your coffee?There was no scent of coffee — or even a coffee cup in sight. Although, strictly speaking, the darkness made it hard to see much of anything besides the fluorescent bands of white that didn't quite cover the waitresses' bodies. Music blasted from speakers.
Chile volcano eruption revs upLlaima volcano in Chile is erupting and shooting ash 4 miles into the sky. The eruptions are intensifying and are blowing a cloud of ash towards Argentina.
Undersea Volcano: Exploding Thru Ocean SurfaceScientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga -- shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. More Articles
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