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Heavy tidal waves in Viña del Mar, Chile on Saturday. The Chilean National Disaster Prevention and Response Service issued a preventive early warning due to the development of abnormal waves on the continental coastal edge of the country.

One dead in Ecuador, Peru ports closed amid massive waves 

Jetties and public squares were submerged in some parts of Peru

December 29, 2024| AFP
Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii in 2017

Chilean accused of defrauding businessman was 'very polite guest' at hostel

The man allegedly paid for a year-long stay at a St Julian’s hostel with swindled credit card details

July 4, 2024| Edwina Brincat
The island, along with 53 smaller nearby islands, was protected as a nature reserve in 2007.

Watch: Patagonia: The final frontier (ARTE)

Madre de Dios Island is composed partly of limestone and has several natural caves

June 6, 2024| ARTE
Chilean media said the women did not belong to a formal religious order but had taken private vows. File photo: AFP

Nun, 80, leaves suitcase with dead friend's bones on Santiago street

The two had made a pact

April 10, 2024| AFP
Alberto Samuel Chang Rajii. Photo: TVN CHILE

Chilean accused of defrauding businessman was 'prohibited migrant', court hears

Fresh accusations added to his charge sheet

March 26, 2024| Edwina Brincat
Alberto Chang, who faces fraud charges in Malta, has made headlines thousands of miles away where his alleged victims of a multimillion-dollar Ponzie scheme want justice. Photo: TVN CHILE

Fraud charges in Malta raise hopes for victims of Chile’s ‘biggest scam’ 

Chilean is accused of defrauding a hotel in Malta of €5,000 and running a $80 million Ponzi scheme in his own country

March 24, 2024| Daniel Ellul
Famous for its archaeological sites which include nearly 900 monumental statues called moai. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Watch: 360° Reportage Rapa Nui - Gladiators of the Pacific (ARTE)

Easter Island is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia

March 11, 2024| ARTE
Fire ripped through residential neighbourhoods in Valparaiso . Photo: AFP

Extreme heat drives Chile wildfires, leaving at least 51 dead 

Fires sweep through coastal region as temperatures soar to 40 degrees Celsius

February 4, 2024| AFP
Chilean writer, poet, diplomat and Nobel Literature Prize Pablo Neruda (right) receives the Nobel Literature Prize on December 10, 1971, in Stockholm. Photo: STR/Pressens Bild /AFP

Was Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

One of his molars confirmed the presence of dangerous botulism-causing bacteria

February 17, 2023| AFP
Lifecycle participants along their route in south America.

Charity cyclists complete 10-day challenge from Argentina to Chile

2022 Nescafé LifeCycle Challenge participants raise funds for kidney disease

November 12, 2022| Times of Malta
Carlos Paez, one of the 16 survivors of an air plane crash in the Chilean Andes in 1972.

The Andes crash and cannibalism tale that stunned the world 50 years ago

Sixteen young men managed to survive for 72 days at sub-zero temperatures

October 11, 2022| AFP
The Natural History Museum of Chile announced Monday the return of the 'Moai Tau' to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island, from where it was taken 152 years ago. Photo: Natural History Museum of Chile/AFP

Chile museum to return Easter Island ‘head’

It is one of many 'Moai' monoliths carved by the Rapa Nui

February 22, 2022| AFP
Sebastian Pinera is now under investigation for financial crime. Photo: AFP

Chile president investigated after Pandora Papers leak

Leaked documents show sale of mining company by firm linked to Sebastian Pinera

October 9, 2021| AFP