FOREIGN and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne received The Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins, by Juan Aníbal Barría, Ambassador of Chile and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, on Thursday at the Chilean ambassador's residence. This award is the highest civilian honour conferred by the Chile Government to non-Chilean citizens and is
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Peru s President Pedro Castillo Terrones and his entourage landed in Santiago on an official tour during which he is to participate in the IV Peru-Chile Binational Cabinet, among other engagements.
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) A COVID-19 outbreak has hit a U.S. station in Antarctica, despite being in one of the most remote areas of the world. According to the National Science Foundation, which manages McMurdo Station the largest base on the continent at least 98 people have tested positive since the beginning of October out of 993 workers. Of the cases, 64 are active. The NSF said most of the employees have mild symptoms and are isolating in their rooms. It's unclear how the outbreak began. To contain the outbreak, the NSF is pausing all inward travel to Antarctica for the next two weeks except for essential travel required for health and safety reasons. In a statement, the foundation said this is "to lower the density of the population to reduce the possibility of transmission" during which time it will "reassess the situation." It's unclear if the travel pause will affect any research projects. It comes as many scientists head down to the c