RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian top-flight club Gremio has confirmed the signing of Chile international striker Eduardo Vargas on a one-year loan deal from Italian Serie A outfit Napoli. Gremio's executive director Rui Costa confirmed t...
SANTIAGO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Chilean soccer club Universidad de Chile, well known as La U, are the third best club in the world behind Spain's Barcelona and Real Madrid, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFF...
Unionized workers at Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, have begun a 24-hour strike in a dispute with the government over the future of the company. The workers walked off the job Monday over modernization(现代化) plans that...
SANTIAGO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale rocked Araucania region, south of Chile, on Sunday. There were no reports of casualties. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at 5:...
RIO DO JANEIRO, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian soccer players Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka on Wednesday sent their greetings(祝福) to the 33 Chilean miners who are being rescued after 69 days trapped underground following a mine collapse. A specia...
By Meredith Buel State Departmnet 12 March 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to Brazil and Chile this week to highlight the United States' strong relationship with two strategic countries in Latin America. Rice is expected to...
By Brian Wagner Miami 21 September 2007 Chile's supreme court has approved the extradition of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori to face charges of human rights abuse and corruption at home. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the ruling end...
By Jane Chambers Santiago 12 December 2006 Family and friends of former Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet have paid tribute to the late general at a funeral in Santiago. Pinochet died Sunday afternoon after suffering a heart attack. From Sant...
By David Gollust Santiago 11 March 2006 Michelle Bachelet has been sworn in as Chile's first elected woman president. The inauguration in the Pacific coast city of Valparaiso drew leaders and official...