Chile
# chile - Yesterday’s News
PHOTOS: Chilean torture centre converted into homeless shelter
The shelter has been named after songwriter and director Victor Jara who was tortured and killed at the facility in 1973.
# chile - Friday 14 June, 2013
Pellegrini takes the reins at Manchester City
The Chilean has agreed a three-year deal with the Premier League outfit.
# chile - Friday 12 April, 2013
Uruguay FA backs accused Luis Suarez over punch on Chilean defender
“We will defend him very strongly. We are working with all the videos and pictures showing Suarez reacted to an initial aggression from Jara.”
# chile - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers dismisses Luis Suarez punch incident
The controversial striker seemed to punch a Chilean defender this week.
# chile - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Luis Suarez punches Chile player
The 26-year-old played the whole 90 minutes as his side fell to a 2-0 qualifier defeat.
# chile - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Failure on debt deal would have ‘catastrophic effect on Ireland’ – Tánaiste
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will address world leaders – including Angela Merkel – in Chile today as hopes for a deal on Ireland’s bank debt took a blow last night and the opposition criticised the government’s lack of openness.
# chile - Monday 24 December, 2012
South America: volcano alert raised in Chile, Argentina
A top-level red alert has been issued for Chile’s Copahue volcano, which is located at the country’s Andean border with Argentina.
# chile - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Two dead and 300 arrested as mobs loot supermarkets in Argentina
Violence erupts as impatience grows with government of President Cristinia Kirchner.
# chile - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# chile - Sunday 7 October, 2012
PHOTOS: Day four of Michael D’s visit to Chile
El Presidente visited the grave of former Chilean leader Salvador Allende as part of his two-week trip today.
# chile - Friday 5 October, 2012
President to meet political leaders and Irish community in Chile
President Michael D Higgins has a busy schedule on the day two of his South American trip.
# chile - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Pictures: Day one of Michael D Higgins in Chile
The President met with his Chilean counterpart on a busy day of public engagements.
Higgins to meet Chilean president on first full day of South America trip
After arriving in Chile yesterday morning, President Higgins kicks off his two weeks trip to South American with a day of public engagements in Santiago.
# chile - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
¡Hola! President Higgins begins official visit to South America today
The President will meet with the presidents of Chile, Brazil and Argentina during the two-week visit.
# chile - Wednesday 5 September, 2012
Manchester United finally complete Henriquez signing
The 18-year-old Chilean is one of the most sought-after talents in South American football.
# chile - Tuesday 4 September, 2012
President Higgins to travel to Latin America in October
The President is expected to make an official visit to Chile, Brazil and Argentina next month.
# chile - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Here’s all you need to know about tonight’s international action
The Irish team’s group rivals, Germany, are in action, as they take on Argentina.
# chile - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
Pinochet will leaves everything to his family
The family had requested the document remain private, but investigators are trying to find what happened to around €20 million the dictator had hidden away before he died.
# chile - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Ireland secure impressive draw with Korea
A hard-working performance from the home side helped them secure an excellent result in their hockey qualifier.
# chile - Monday 23 January, 2012
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off south-central Chile
The 6.2 quake struck close to the town of Concepcion, which was struck by a deadly tremblor measuring 8.8-magnitude two years ago. No injuries have been reported.
# chile - Saturday 7 January, 2012
Column: We have the tech entrepreneurs – now we need to keep them here
Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy wants to press his own government to support Irish tech start-ups – without attaching too many strings.
# chile - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Chile accused of airbrushing history as textbooks drop Pinochet ‘dictatorship’
The country’s education minister has ruled that the rule of Augusto Pinochet is not a “dictatorship” but a “military regime”.
# chile - Thursday 29 December, 2011
38 years on, Chile closes Allende case after confirming suicide
The Chilean leader was found dead while defending the presidential palace in the 1973 coup in Chile, in which General Augusto Pinochet seized power.
# chile - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
In pictures: the natural disasters of 2011
Last year saw a number of major natural disasters strike, including earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand and Turkey, volcanic eruptions in Chile and Iceland, and severe tropical storms in Asia.
# chile - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
Conjoined baby girls separated in Chile
The Chilean twins presented a particularly difficult challenge because they were born sharing many of the same internal organs and urinary system.
# chile - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Researchers release images detailing glacier’s rapid retreat in Chile
The Jorge Montt Glacier is shrinking faster than any other in Chile, with its snout retreating more than a half mile between February 2010 and January 2011.
# chile - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
Remains of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda to be exhumed
The poet and politician died in 1973 at the age 69 in a clinic in Santiago – but now Chile’s Communisty Party is asking for his remains to be exhumed to see if he has been poisoned.
# chile - Friday 4 November, 2011
Subdued miner Pena returns to run New York City Marathon
“I’m very fortunate to have a team of therapists, and right now I feel pretty good,” said Chilean miner who earned the nickname, The Runner.
# chile - Saturday 3 September, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: The fall out from the Vatican’s response to the Cloyne report; why there could be good news for mortgage holders; and what’s happening down at the Electric Picnic?
Popular TV host among 21 killed as Chilean air force plane crashes
Chilean television personality Felipe Camiroaga was flying to the island to do a program on the reconstruction of Juan Fernandez island following an earthquake and tsunami last year.
# chile - Friday 26 August, 2011
Teenager shot dead in Chile protests
A 14-year-old boy has been killed after sustaining gunshot wounds during a mass protest against Chile’s president in the country’s capital.
# chile - Thursday 4 August, 2011
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning…
Nearly a year on, where are ‘Los 33′ now?
Lawuits, unemployment and psychological problems blight the lives of the most famous miners in the world who have struggled with fame and life outside the Copiapo mine.
# chile - Tuesday 26 July, 2011
Chilean copper miners’ drama set for silver screen
The story of the 33 Chilean miners trapped for ten weeks last year is to be made into a major Hollywood movie.
# chile - Saturday 16 July, 2011
Juego Bonito: Previewing the Copa America quarter-finals…
Will Messi show up the Uruguayans? Can Sanchez keep feeding his growing reputation? Will Brazil’s defence fail them? It’s quarter-finals time.
# chile - Saturday 9 July, 2011
Juego Bonito: Sanchez the star as Chile seek to secure quarter-final spot
Alexis Sanchez added to his reputation with the equalising goal for Chile in their Copa America clash against Uruguay on Friday night.
# chile - Tuesday 21 June, 2011
Flights grounded as the ash cloud returns to Australia
Flights in and out of Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra cancelled as the Chilean volcano strikes again.
# chile - Sunday 12 June, 2011
Chilean volcano disrupts New Zealand and Australian flights
Australian and New Zealand flights are the latest to be grounded as volcanic eruptions continue to disrupt air travel.
# chile - Friday 10 June, 2011
Argentina, Uruguay airports closed due to volcano
Airports in much of the southern part South America have been closed because of ash clouds from a volcano that began erupting nearly a week ago.
# chile - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
Gallery: Streets covered in ash as volcanoes continue to ‘belch’ in southern Chile
Volcanic ash has spread as far a Argentina where it has dropped on the streets of a holiday resort.


























































