Sources: FOX News
The European Southern Observatory announces that its astronomers in Chile capture the first close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way. 2024-11-21
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mendoza Province, Argentina, near the border with Chile at 00:17 ART. No casualties are reported but minimal damage to buildings is reported. 2021-11-3
After a juggler is shot dead by a Carabinero, several protests are held in Panguipulli, southern Chile. The protests escalate into riots and several buildings, including the city hall, are burned. 2021-02-6
Colombian, Spanish and French journalists are arrested and detained by SEBIN agents in Caracas. All four work for Spanish news agency EFE. The arrests follow the deportation of two Chilean journalists yesterday. 2019-01-31
The Roman Catholic Church defrocks Father Fernando Karadima, a priest at the center of a sex abuse scandal in Chile. 2018-09-28
Chile confirms its first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus. The case involves a 46-year-old woman whose partner was infected while in Haiti. 2016-03-26
An alert is issued after the Copahue stratovolcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, begins spewing ash. 2012-12-25
28 of 33 miners rescued in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident are secretly discharged from hospital in Chile, with 2 remaining inside. 2010-10-16
Gas leak in a hardware store in Santa Cruz, Chile produces a massive evacuation in the surrounding area. ("Wikinews")2010-08-20
There is a further cave-in at the mine near Copiapó, Chile where people have been working since Thursday to rescue 34 miners trapped underground; work is currently suspended in an incident that is rare in that part of the world. 2010-08-8