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Chile's Codelco unveils $27 bn investment plan

Agencia EFEMay 8, 2013 22:15

Santiago, May 8 (EFE).- Chilean state-owned mining giant Codelco on Wednesday announced plans to invest nearly $27 billion over the next six years. CEO Thomas Keller said the investment program, "the largest in (Codelco's) history," will enable the company to remain the world's largest copper producer while implementing new environmental and social policies. "We have a unique opportunity to incorporate world-class sustainability," Keller said.

Initial examination confirms Pablo Neruda suffered from advanced cancer

Agencia EFEMay 2, 2013 14:45

Santiago, May 2 (EFE).- The initial tests performed on the exhumed remains of Nobel literature laureate Pablo Neruda show that the Chilean poet was suffering from advanced prostate cancer, officials associated with the process confirmed to Efe. The report from the medical examiner's office was delivered today to Judge Mario Carroza, who is presiding over the effort to determine what killed Neruda, who died on Sept. 23, 1973, 12 days after Gen. Augusto Pinochet toppled Chile's Socialist government in a bloody coup.

Chile's Socialists name Bachelet as presidential candidate

Agencia EFEApril 13, 2013 18:16

Santiago, Apr 13 (EFE).- Chile's ex-President Michelle Bachelet was named Saturday at a massive ceremony as representative of the Socialist Party, or PS, and the smaller Party for Democracy, or PPD, in the opposition's presidential primaries. The primaries will be held June 30, during which the leading political blocs will nominate their candidates for the presidential election on Nov. 17.

Chile port strikes block copper, fruit exports

AsianetApril 9, 2013 11:40

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 a cafeteria.

Chile port workers end strikes halting exports

AsianetApril 9, 2013 10:34

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.

Pablo Neruda's remains exhumed to determine if he was murdered

Agencia EFEApril 8, 2013 16:46

Isla Negra, Chile, Apr 8 (EFE).- The remains of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) were exhumed here Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was murdered by agents of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. After several months of preparations, the procedure to extract the remains of the 1971 recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature took no more than an hour. Neruda died on Sept. 23, 1973, 12 days after Gen. Augusto Pinochet toppled Chile's Socialist government in a bloody coup.

Exhumation of Chilean poet Neruda begins

Agence France-PresseApril 8, 2013 12:31

The remains of Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda were exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship he strongly opposed. Workers broke open the tomb housing his remains at his last home overlooking the sea in Isla Negra under the supervision of Judge Mario Carroza, lawyers and a dozen forensic experts. The leftist author, who died 12 days after the 1973 military coup that ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, was long believed to have died of prostate cancer.

Chilean poet Neruda's body exhumed in murder probe

Thomson ReutersApril 8, 2013 10:30

By Rodrigo Garrido ISLA NEGRA, Chile (Reuters) - The body of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, dead nearly four decades, was exhumed on Monday after his former driver said the poet was poisoned under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Neruda, famed for his passionate love poems and staunch communist views, is presumed to have died from prostate cancer on September 23, 1973.

Exhumation of Chilean poet Neruda begins

Agence France-PresseApril 8, 2013 08:31

The exhumation of Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda began Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship he strongly opposed. The process started with the breaking of the tomb housing his remains at one of his homes in the resort of Isla Negra under the supervision of Judge Mario Carroza, lawyers and a dozen forensic experts.

Poet Neruda's remains to be exhumed

Agence France-PresseApril 8, 2013 02:15

Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's remains will be exhumed Monday in a bid by the government to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned by the Pinochet dictatorship he strongly opposed. The leftist author, who died 12 days after the 1973 military coup that ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, was long believed to have died of prostate cancer. But officials in 2011 started looking into the possibility he was poisoned by agents of the Pinochet regime, as claimed by Neruda's driver.