Santiago Chile

High School Students Seize City Hall In Santiago, Chile

The Santiago Times | Joe Hinchliffe | Posted 01.08.2012

Around 50 high school students occupied Santiago’s City Hall on Monday morning in a protest that ended with 44 arrests, after apparently being allow...

Why Reciprocity in Chile is Bad for My Pocketbook

Oneika Raymond | Posted 01.07.2012

Oneika Raymond

As my plane started its descent into Santiago, Chile, I felt the excitement build within my chest. After my 10-hour night flight from Dallas, I was feeling worse for wear but highly anticipated what would await me in Chile's capital.

PHOTOS: Violent Government Protests Rock Chile

Posted 10.25.2011

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Tens of thousands of Chileans marched peacefully Thursday, demanding profound changes in the country's heavily centralized an...

Chilean President Calls First Lady Michelle Obama 'Very Good-Looking'

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's president Sebastian Pinera engaged in some very personal diplomacy with President Barack Obama on Monday. "I think the f...

'Key Breakthrough': Bore Hole For Rescue Reaches Trapped Chile Miners

AP | FEDERICO QUILODRAN and FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.25.2011

SANTIAGO, Chile — Drilling equipment pounded its way into one of the caverns where 33 miners have been trapped for a month and a half, completin...

Chile Earthquake: Staying Resilient Despite Losing Everything

Posted 05.25.2011

"The Today Show's" Ann Curry is in the Chilean coastal town of Constitucion, one of the cities most damaged after Saturday morning's 8.8 quake. As if ...

Worldfocus Radio: Chile's Growing Pains

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

On the streets of Santiago, Chile. Chile’s economic “miracle” has lifted Chileans from poverty and become a fiscal model fo...

Chile: Remnants Of Dictatorship Get New Life

GlobalPost | Pascale Bonnefoy | Posted 05.25.2011

SANTIAGO, Chile -- During Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, political prisoners were held in navy ships and stadiums, in office buildings and police st...