http://www.mail.com/locations/3440-chile.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3440-chile.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097586-large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on land and discarded the possibility that it might unleash a tsunami. The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT) Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles),... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097586-large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile.html 2013-05-20T13:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2064488-chiles-bachelet-courts-communists-big-reforms.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Communist and other leftists were considered enemies of the state during Chile's military dictatorship, a 17-year period that saw thousands of people killed and disappeared for their politics. But as this year's elections nears, former President Michelle Bachelet, who was detained and tortured under the regime of Gen. Augusto Pinoch... Sun, 05 May 2013 17:26:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2064488-chiles-bachelet-courts-communists-big-reforms.html 2013-05-05T17:26:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2045676-chile-hunts-sect-members-accused-burning-baby.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual. Police began searching for the suspects on Friday in the southern region of Araucania. Officials say the 3-day-old baby was thrown onto a bonfire in November because the leader of the sect believed that the child was the antichrist. ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:12:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2045676-chile-hunts-sect-members-accused-burning-baby.html 2013-04-26T21:12:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039110-un-lowers-2013-latin-america-growth-forecast.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to grow by 3.5 percent this year, less than previously forecast, because of uncertainty about the future of the world economy and slower growth in developed nations, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The region's growth estimate was also lowered from an earlier 3.8 percent... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:40:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039110-un-lowers-2013-latin-america-growth-forecast.html 2013-04-23T15:40:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028826-chile-rushes-to-aid-ship-antarctica-fire.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean military tugboat was heading to Antarctica on Thursday to prevent an environmental disaster by retrieving a Chinese fishing ship that caught fire and began to drift dangerously near sharp glaciers. The Kai Xin vessel burned off the coast of Antarctica on Wednesday. Its 97 crew members were rescued by the Juvel, a Norwegian... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:40:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028826-chile-rushes-to-aid-ship-antarctica-fire.html 2013-04-19T03:40:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015310-barrick-suffering-big-setbacks-latin-america.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest setback in Latin America for the world's largest gold miner. Barrick also faces growing environmental resistance in Argentina, which shares the Pascua-Lama mine project, and the Dominica... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:22:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015310-barrick-suffering-big-setbacks-latin-america.html 2013-04-12T12:22:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2010754-barrick-halts-work-mine-chile-court-rules.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Barrick Gold Corp. suspended construction on its Pascua Lama mine Wednesday after a Chilean court ruled in favor of indigenous communities that say the world's highest-altitude gold mine threatens their water supply and pollutes glaciers. The appeals court in the northern city of Copiapo charged the Toronto-based mining company with... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:03:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2010754-barrick-halts-work-mine-chile-court-rules.html 2013-04-11T01:03:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2006028-chile-exhumes-body-poet-neruda.html ISLA NEGRA, Chile (AP) — Chilean forensic experts exhumed the body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda on Monday, trying to solve a four-decade mystery about the death of one the greatest poets of the 20th century. The official version is that that the poet died from prostate cancer and the trauma of witnessing the 1973 military coup that led to the persecutio... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:02:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2006028-chile-exhumes-body-poet-neruda.html 2013-04-09T16:02:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002644-chile-port-workers-strikes-halting-exports.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean port workers are returning to work after reaching a deal to end three weeks of strikes that blocked exports of copper, fruit and wood pulp. The stoppage in the world's No.1 copper producing nation began in the northern port of Angamos when workers demanded a 30-minute lunch break. Dockers in 10 other ports joined in solidari... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:07:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002644-chile-port-workers-strikes-halting-exports.html 2013-04-06T17:07:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2002544-chile-seeking-answers-death-poet-neruda.html ISLA NEGRA, Chile (AP) — The body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda is being exhumed this weekend in an effort to clear up four decades of suspicion about how he died in the days after Chile's military coup. A team of investigators is to begin digging on Sunday at Isla Negra, a rocky outcropping on the Pacific Coast where Neruda lived. But forensic experts s... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:08:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2002544-chile-seeking-answers-death-poet-neruda.html 2013-04-06T16:08:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1998958-chile-port-strikes-block-copper-fruit-exports.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A series of fast-spreading port strikes in Chile are blocking exports of copper, fruit and wood pulp and keeping thousands of workers idle. The stoppage in the world's top copper producing nation began in the northern port of Angamos more than two weeks ago, when workers began demanding a 30-minute lunch break and a place to set up ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:04:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1998958-chile-port-strikes-block-copper-fruit-exports.html 2013-04-05T02:04:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1963708-pritzker-prize-winner-ito-seeks-ideas-nature.html TOKYO (AP) — When he says why he especially likes Sendai Mediatheque, the public library that ranks among his most famous works, Toyo Ito, the Japanese architect awarded the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, says he likes to see people napping and relaxing inside the transparent structure. Ito, the sixth Japanese to win the honor likened to a Nobel Prize ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:29:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1963708-pritzker-prize-winner-ito-seeks-ideas-nature.html 2013-03-19T00:29:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1961222-japanese-architect-toyo-ito-wins-pritzker-prize.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose buildings have been praised for their fluid beauty and balance between the physical and virtual world, has won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's jury announced Sunday. The 71-year-old architect joins such masters as Frank Gehry, I.M. Pei, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano and Wang Su in receiving... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:42:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1961222-japanese-architect-toyo-ito-wins-pritzker-prize.html 2013-03-18T07:42:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959016-bachelet-chile-lefts-hope-presidential-vote.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Michelle Bachelet has a deep resume: daughter of a general tortured to death for opposing a coup, leftist exile during the ensuing bloody dictatorship, pediatrician, Cabinet member, mother, president, head of the U.N. women's agency. Now she's coming back home after her stint at the United Nations, and if Chile's left has its way, s... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:38:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959016-bachelet-chile-lefts-hope-presidential-vote.html 2013-03-16T15:38:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952654-catholics-overjoyed-1st-latin-american-pope.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope that he could help bring the church closer to the poverty-wracked region that is home to more Roman Catholics than any other. Drivers honked horns on the streets of Argentina'... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:07:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952654-catholics-overjoyed-1st-latin-american-pope.html 2013-03-14T02:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1933252-operation-condor-trial-buenos-aires.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina began a long-awaited human rights trial Tuesday focused on Operation Condor, the 1970s conspiracy launched by Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to enlist South America's dictators in a combined effort to leave no refuge for their leftist critics. The 25 defendants include former Argentine junta leaders Rafael Videl... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:46:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1933252-operation-condor-trial-buenos-aires.html 2013-03-05T18:46:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1930912-chileans-spot-to-indulge-frowned-on-siestas.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Cars honk, people yell and radios blare outside, yet Carmen Castillo is getting a rejuvenating midday nap in downtown Santiago, snoozing away her stress in a dreamland of scented candles, plush pillows and calming massages. She's taking a siesta at the Espacio Siestario, which rents its seven Zen-like rooms to bank employees, lawyer... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:31:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1930912-chileans-spot-to-indulge-frowned-on-siestas.html 2013-03-04T19:31:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1910800-report-chiles-pinochet-wanted-anti-vote-violence.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Newly published U.S. documents indicate that Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet sought to use military force to annul the referendum portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "NO" that ended his brutal regime. The plan was rejected by his fellow generals, the papers say. The formerly top-secret documents posted by the independent U.S. Na... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:37:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1910800-report-chiles-pinochet-wanted-anti-vote-violence.html 2013-02-23T21:37:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1883252-nadal-back-game.html VINA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — After seven months away treating a left knee injury, Rafael Nadal left many questions unanswered in his comeback tournament. Nadal lost both the singles and doubles finals in the space of a few hours Sunday at the VTR Open in Chile. And Horacio Zeballos, who earned the first title of his career by beating Nadal in three sets, re... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1883252-nadal-back-game.html 2013-02-11T13:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1871016-nadal-winning-return-7-months.html VINA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Rafael Nadal wants to stop talking about the aching left knee that kept him away from the ATP Tour for just over seven months until his doubles victory Tuesday with Juan Monaco at a little-known clay court tournament in Chile. Nadal, whose inflamed knee has lingered despite on-going therapy, had not played since June 28 when he ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1871016-nadal-winning-return-7-months.html 2013-02-06T00:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857336-magnitude-68-earthquake-shakes-northern-chile.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook offices, toppled supermarket shelves and broke windows on Wednesday in north-central Chile, where people fled some buildings in panic. A 50-year-old woman in the city of Copiapo died of a heart attack, said Atacama Regional Governor Rafael Prohens, who attributed her death to fear during the quake. A... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857336-magnitude-68-earthquake-shakes-northern-chile.html 2013-01-30T23:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847456-chavez-starting-medical-treatment-cuba.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday. Venezuelan Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said that it remains unclear how soon Ch... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1847456-chavez-starting-medical-treatment-cuba.html 2013-01-26T23:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847420-europes-emigrants-face-red-tape-latin-america.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Geologist David Rodriguez and actress Cristina Pascual, two of the nearly six million Spaniards left jobless in the European recession, fled to Latin America last year, figuring their futures would be brighter in the booming economies on this side of the Atlantic. Instead, they found themselves stuck, facing so many bureaucratic hur... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847420-europes-emigrants-face-red-tape-latin-america.html 2013-01-26T05:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1846072-un-deputy-chief-urges-action-water-rights.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Most of the world's urgent problems boil down to water and sanitation, and global leaders must act to reduce child mortality and urban poverty, the UN's deputy chief said Friday. There are 783 million people who lack access to clean or relatively safe water and 2.5 billion people, or 37 percent of the world's population, who don't h... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1846072-un-deputy-chief-urges-action-water-rights.html 2013-01-25T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1845026-chile-aims-to-focus-summit-brighter-side.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders gathering for this weekend's economic summit will likely see only one side of Chile — the polished, upscale country where tourists and investors stay in five-star hotels in a sparklingly clean financial district nicknamed "Sanhattan," well away from Santiago's slums. Hundreds of securit... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1845026-chile-aims-to-focus-summit-brighter-side.html 2013-01-25T05:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1811028-academy-love-amour-with-5-oscar-nods.html LONDON (AP) — Hollywood's movie elite sent their love to "Amour" on Thursday, giving director Michael Haneke's searing portrait of old age five Academy Award nominations including best foreign film and — unexpectedly — best picture. The film stars octogenarian French acting greats Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant as a loving Parisian couple whos... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1811028-academy-love-amour-with-5-oscar-nods.html 2013-01-10T20:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810872-ethiopia-to-chile-day-1-7-year-walk.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — On the eve of an unimaginably long walk — one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the western United States, then Central and South America and ends in Chile — one question nagged journalist Paul Salopek: Should he take his house keys? Salopek on Thursday departed a small ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810872-ethiopia-to-chile-day-1-7-year-walk.html 2013-01-10T12:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799734-chile-couple-dies-defending-amid-protests.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An elderly couple whose family's vast landholdings have long been targeted by Mapuche Indians in southern Chile were killed in an arson attack early Friday while trying to defend their home. The president quickly flew to the scene and announced new security measures, including the application of Chile's tough anti-terrorism law and the creation of a sp... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799734-chile-couple-dies-defending-amid-protests.html 2013-01-04T22:18:00Z