Santiago Chile

It will take place the 6th and 7th of October, 2010, alongside with the National Fruit and Vegetable Producers Convention in Santiago, Chile. Both events shape the most important meeting of the fruit industry in the Southern Hemisphere. Santiago ...  

Chile is a great country to grow grapes and produce wines. Their climate and soil conditions make that possible. In fact, Chile is one of the top wine producers when it comes to quality and quantity.Contributor: Sarah ImeePublished: Dec 22, 2009  

The Chilean authorities have arrested four people in connection with the 1982 assassination of former Chilean President Eduardo Frei Montalva. He died from an infection following routine surgery but his family says dictator General Augusto Pinochet was behind the murder.   The suspects are Mr Frei's former chauffeur Luis Berra, Raúl Lillo and former doctors Patricio Silva and Pedro Valdivia, with the army and police respectively.    

Last week, a twenty-seven-year-old murder mystery was solved, grabbing headlines around the world. Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei died under mysterious circumstances in 1982, at the age of 71, as he was busily investigating accusations of human rights abuses including torture and “disappearings” by his successor, General Augusto Pinochet. A week ago Monday, a Chilean investigating judge ruled his death a homicide and charged six...  

SANTIAGO, Chile - A Chilean judge ruled Monday that former President Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated nearly 30 years ago and his killing covered up by people linked to the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Six people were charged in the case.  

Victor Jara, acclaimed Chilean singer, was tortured and killed in 1973 during the U.S.-directed coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power. He was to be reburied in Santiago Friday after hundreds of people paid their final respects. The body had been exhumed in June to clarify how he died. He had been shot more than 30 times. —JCL The BBC: The remains of popular Chilean singer Victor Jara are to be reburied in the capital, Santiago, 36...  

Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera (pictured) is the frontrunner in the presidential vote, but two younger candidates, 36 year old Marco Enriquez-Ominami and 34 year old Rodrigo Garcia-Pinochet have spiced up the electoral campaign.  

Vote count puts billionaire Pinera, former President Frei in runoff for Chile's presidency. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 12-13-09 1735CST  

ReutersChilean billionaire Sebastián Piñera looks set to lead Right back into powerTimes OnlineChileans headed to the voting booths yesterday in a presidential election that could see the Right return to power for the first time since the fall of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. Polls suggest that Sebastián Piñera, 60, a billionaire ...Billionaire, ex-president head for Chile run-offReutersPolls close in Chile voteAljazeera...  

From The Syndey Morning Herald: SANTIAGO: A judge has ruled that the former Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated nearly 30 years ago and the murder covered up by people linked to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Frei, who preceded Salvador Allende as Chile’s president and later became a leading critic of the military dictatorship, died in 1982. An autopsy report blamed septic shock after stomach hernia surgery...  

Santiago. Chile and Colombia have signed a trade agreement on the export of Chilean avocado to Colombia and Chile's import of Colombian tomatoes and bananas, Xinhua News Agency informed. The Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) and the ...  

Bloomberg reported that BHP Billiton Limited reached a wage agreement with the labor union representing striking workers at its Spence copper mine in Chile, potentially resolving an almost 6 week strike. BHP's Santiago press office said that workers ...  

December 1, 2009 -- SANTIAGO, Chile -- A conservative businessman is comfortably ahead in the polls as Chile prepares for a presidential election Sunday that could end...  

December 1, 2009 -- Resembling a ceramic marquee, this Chilean church is more than just a place of worship. Located in an impoverished part of Talca, a mid-sized town...  

November 16, 2009 -- HASH(0x2a966b7e90) SANTIAGO, Chile & BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed Banco del Desarrollo's (BDD) Local Currency...