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File photo shows trucks entering Chuquicamata copper mine in the desert town of Calama, north of Santiago, Chile. Employees at two giant northern Chile copper mines that produce over four percent of the world's copper voted to end their two-day ...  

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Workers are calling off a strike at Chile's largest copper mine and accepting a sweetened compensation package from state mining company Codelco. Union spokesman Miguel Lopez says workers at the Chuquicamata mine have accepted ...  

The Santiago Times By Jake Blumgart Santiago, Chile Thursday, 17 December 2009 04:00 Obama’s first political crisis in Latin America dampens any new hope for diplomatic change in the region. (Ed. Note: The analysis below is one of the most balanced appraisals we have seen regarding recent events in Honduras and how the State Department’s mishandling of the Honduran [...]  

(AP) — SANTIAGO, Chile - Workers are threatening to strike the Chile's largest state-run copper mine over a failure to negotiate a new contract. Union spokesman Jamie Greg says workers at the Chuquicamata mine plan to strike early Monday morning ...  

In a move that surprised union leaders, workers at the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile rejected the latest wage offer from state-owned Codelco and threatened to strike beginning this week. Government officials expressed regret that workers at the ...  

Union representatives for Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper miners in Chile said that last-minute contract talks broke down, ending an effort to head off a strike set to begin on Monday. Negotiations had resumed on Friday, the last day of the current ...  

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  

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.  

Thirty-five years after military strongman Augusto Pinochet took power in a coup in 1973 in Chile, the Chilean people have just discovered that Pinochet ordered the murder of former Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva. Even though Pinochet is dead, criminal indictments have been issued against people who allegedly participated in the assassination.  

This video is called Politics, Human rights – “Pinochet’s crimes in Chile”. From the BBC: Chile judge charges six over ex-president’s 1982 death Mr Frei Montalva was president from 1964 to 1970 A Chilean judge has charged six people over the death in 1982 of the country’s ex-President, Eduardo Frei Montalva. The judge said there was now evidence that [...]  

Workers at the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile, one of the world’s largest, are expected to avoid a strike by voting today in favor of a wage offer from state-owned Codelco. Union leaders say tense negotiations resulted in an offer that will ...  

The Movistar Open will be held during the 200th anniversary of Chilean independence and will feature players from Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, Spain, USA, Italy, Poland and Uruguay. "The tournament coincides with the 200th anniversary and will be ...  

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Sebastian Pinera, a billionaire with investments in Chile's main airline, most popular football team and a leading TV channel, heads into Sunday's presidential election with a good chance of returning the right wing to power for ...  

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