Articles Tagged “Chile”
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Gap Inc. Opens First Gap in Latin America in Santiago, Chile
Gap Inc., the largest U.S. clothing chain, opened its first Gap store in Latin America Friday with a store in Santiago Chile. The store opening comes the same week the struggling retailer detailed plans to close 189 stores or 21 percent of its U.S. chain by 2013 while expanding globally, the Associated Press reported. “Chile [...]
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Widespread Power Outage in Santiago Chile; Ricky Martin Concert Starts without Delays
Update: Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine and Codelco’s Andean Division were halted by the blackout, Reuters reports. The Chilean capital of Santiago experienced a widespread power outage Saturday that shut down subway service and lights across the capital city, but it didn’t shut down a Ricky Martin concert at the Movistar Arena which started without [...]
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Paternity Test: Don Francisco is not your Daddy
Mario Kreutzberger, 70, is not the father of Patrico Flores according to Boris Paredes, lawyer for Flores. Kruetzberger, better known as Don Francisco, host of Sabado Gigante, traveled to Chile to attend a court hearing. The court-ordered paternity tests were negative. Earlier this week, Francisco denied offering a bribe to a laboratory worker to get [...]
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Video: Fiesta en mi Boca – Chilean Restaurant Review
Our team introduces you to a great Chilean dining spot in Midtown East, NYC. Elio tries some traditional Chilean cuisine…will it pass the test of this Native Chilean? Watch and find out! What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Chilean Miner Rescue Continues…as a computer game!
It was only a matter of time before a game was created. Now you can rescue all of the 33 Chilean miners by visiting this website. You can use the rescue capsule “The Phoenix” to go down to the depths of the mine and bring up each miner one at a time courtesy of the [...]
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Live streaming coverage from Chilean mine rescue
Spanish coverage is streaming live below and English coverage is available at this link: http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-100_162-730.html What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Massive Terremoto (Earthquake) Strikes Chile
Many Chileans here in the U.S. have been up through the night working to did not go to bed Friday night as they have been working through the night trying to contact loved ones in Chile. A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck south central Chile early Saturday, collapsing both buildings and roads and at least 78 [...]
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How the country of Chile Responds to Hate Crime Murders
Solange Canales, Dos Lives’ Chilean correspondent and Santiago resident, responds to the hate crime murders that happened in Florida and how her country is coping with the tragedy. Click “More” to read her response in Spanish. Two dead and three injured are young Chileans who came to the United States to improve their English and [...]
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Help for People Affected by Anti-Immigrant Murders in FL
By Mariela, Social Service Worker, and Dos Lives weekly contributor. The horrifying news about the murder of my fellow Chileans in Florida leaves us wondering why a 60-year old man would shoot five students in their apartment. Will the world get any safer? The world’s economic crisis will increase crime and other social issues worldwide. [...]
