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Work under way for exhuming poet Neruda's remains

April 7, 2013 22:36
Experts on Sunday started work on opening the tomb of Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, to uncover his remains and determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned. 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.

Work underway for exhuming poet Neruda's remains

April 7, 2013 17:45
Experts on Sunday started work on opening the tomb of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda, to uncover his remains and determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned. 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.

Chile port workers end strike

April 6, 2013 11:15
Port workers in Chile have ended a nearly three-week-long strike that paralyzed shipments of copper, one of the South American nation's primary industries, labor organizers said on Saturday. "As of now, workers are free to resume working," read a statement issued by the Chilean Port Workers Union. Workers said they reached an accord with the private Ultraport firm, which runs the port in Mejillones in northern Chile, allowing them at least half an hour for lunch and improved benefits.

Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed Monday

April 5, 2013 23:00
The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned, according to the judge on the case. The leftist, 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.

Youths battle police in Chile

March 29, 2013 14:45
Santiago, Mar 29 (EFE).- Groups of youths in this capital and other Chilean cities battled with police early Friday on the annual Day of the Young Combatant, which commemorates the killing of two activists by the 1973-1990 Pinochet regime. Twenty-two people were arrested in Santiago and four others in the northern city of Iquique, while one police officer suffered injuries after he was pelted with rocks, authorities said. Disturbances began late Thursday in poor neighborhoods of the capital as masked youths raised barricades, burned vehicles and fired guns.

Millions of stranded prawns blanket south Chile coast

March 21, 2013 13:16
Millions of small prawns became stranded on a beach in southern Chile this week, carpeting a three-kilometer (two-mile) strand in red, local fishermen and police said. The fishermen in the Coronel area, some 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago, began noticing something out of the ordinary at the beginning of the week. There were giant "red spots" appearing just off the shore, fishermen union president Juan Gutierrez told AFP. By Tuesday, the red mass had moved to land: "Millions of prawns were stranded on the beach," Gutierrez said, shocked.

Bachelet to be nominated for April 13 presidential primaries

March 16, 2013 19:32
Santiago, Mar 16 (EFE).- Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who has announced she is stepping down as head of the U.N. women's agency and will return to her homeland, will be named a candidate in the opposition coalition's presidential primary scheduled for April 13. The announcement was made Saturday by Osvaldo Andrade, chairman of the main opposition Socialist Party, who also confirmed that the ex-president, the early favorite in the November presidential election, will arrive in Chile "before March 31."

Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed April 8

March 13, 2013 00:45
The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed on April 8 to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned, a judicial source told AFP. The leftist, 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.

Chile court halts huge power plant project

March 5, 2013 18:16
A court in Chile has halted the construction of a huge power plant being built by a Spanish company, after fishermen charged it would harm the environment and ruin their livelihood. The $1.4 billion Punta Alcalde plant in northern Chile was being built by the Madrid-based company Endesa, Spain's leading electric utility. The fishermen said the project would despoil the Llanos de Calle National Park and the Humboldt Penguin national reserve, both considered among Chile's natural treasures.

Chile court halts construction of massive electric plant

March 5, 2013 14:17
A court in Chile has halted the construction of a huge power plant being built by a Spanish company, after fishermen charged that the massive project would harm the environment and ruin their livelihood. The Punta Alcalde plant in northern Chile was being built by the Madrid-based company Endesa, Spain's leading electric utility. The fishermen said the project would despoil the Llanos de Calle National Park and the Humboldt Penguin national reserve, both considered among Chile's natural treasures.
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