By Maria M. Mur Santiago, Apr 12 (EFE).- The convention that is drafting a new constitution for Chile got under way eight months ago amid great expectations, but recently those hopes have been deflated and currently the conclave is going through a delicate period of internal fights and bitter debates along with a campaign to …
By Maria M.Mur Valparaiso, Chile, Mar 11 (EFE).- Chile’s leading leftist politician, Gabriel Boric, was sworn in here Friday as president in a ceremony laden with symbolism and attended by a large group of heads of state and government from around the world, including Spanish King Felipe VI. The 36-year-old former student leader has become …
By Maria M.Mur Santiago, Mar 8 (EFE).- Thousands of Chilean women marked International Women’s Day on Tuesday, expressing outrage at ongoing gender-based violence and hope in the incoming new government. To the cries of “Enough already,” women of all ages and professions waved purple and green flags, the colors of feminism and decriminalization of abortion, …
By Maria M.Mur Patagonia region, Chile, Feb 17 (EFE).- Pumalin, an Andean condor found as a baby with signs of frostbite and on the verge of death in southern Chile, is believed to have fallen out of his nest during a powerful storm. Named after the Douglas Tompkins Pumalin National Park where he was discovered, …
By Maria M. Mur Santiago, Feb 10 (EFE).- Images of tourists waiting in line to take photos next to the moai, imposing stone monoliths carved in the shape of human beings by ancient Polynesians, have become a thing of the past on Chile’s Easter Island. That remote southeastern Pacific territory, also known as Rapa Nui, …