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Karl Bushby, a British man who traveled 50,000 km without transport over the past 28 years, has come home. Starting in Chile, he crossed the Americas, Russia and parts of Central Asia and Europe — almost all on foot.
Four very different films arrive in French cinemas this week, and arts24 critic Emma Jones has seen them all. Martin McDonagh's "Wild Horse Nine" reunites him with an A-list cast. John Malkovich, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at Venice, plays a dying CIA agent in 1973 Chile, alongside Sam Rockwell. Emma calls it her favourite McDonagh film since "In Bruges" and a must see.
Spain’s Movistar Plus continues to double down on its strategies to further amplify Spanish series and storytelling internationally with the world premiere of the highly anticipated eco-thriller “Patagonia.” Bowing at the upcoming South International Series Festival in Cádiz, the series is the latest major co-production to be boosted by the Spanish streamer and the fruit […]
The radical right-wing José Antonio Kast in Chile and the Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella noted that they accepted the result of the Brazilian elections.
Geneva, 15 May 2020 – Presidents Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica and Sebastián Piñera of Chile joined WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today to announce progress on a technology platform that aims to lift access barriers to effective vaccines, medicines and other health products against COVID-19. Costa Rica proposed the idea at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and several countries are now backing the proposal. “Our proposal relies on solidarity,” said President Alvarado of Costa Rica. “It’s a Solidarity call to action to Member States, to academia, to companies,
The Chilean cuprifera confirms that a third affected has managed to escape the site. Sernageomin announces suspension of operations in the area
From Chile to Bolivia, the route that traces the Atacama desert to the Uyuni salt reveals some of the most crude and enigmatic natural sites of the Latin American continent
Chile declares Las Condes disaster zone after mudslide
The heavy rains this week caused floods and the drag of vehicles and buses at different points in Santiago. President José Antonio Kast declared a disaster zone and the Army was deployed to remove mud and stones and assist the affected sectors.
Driver films from inside vehicle as car swept away in Chile floods
On Thursday, October 8, President José Antonio Kast decreed a state of disaster in the area of Las Condes, in eastern Santiago. The area was affected by a stream of water that dragged vehicles and buses into the steep streets of the capital.
In Mexico, the change in the Consumer Price Index accelerated for the third consecutive month in September to 3.5%; in Chile it jumped to 4.1% per year, driven by transport; and Colombia reported a new rise to 6.3% per year. They all agree that price peaks are an indirect consequence of the conflict in the Middle East and its impact on fuel prices.
Across Latin America, early-onset cancer rates have risen, especially of bowel, breast and cervical cancers. But it is a worldwide trend.
The socialist, who was twice president of Chile, seeks to influence local politics after abandoning her candidacy to lead the UN, which Kast did not support
British adventurer on a 50,000-kilometre, 28-year trek home from South America without using any transport has set foot on UK soil after swimming the Channel, his publicists said Tuesday. Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, vowing to reach his mother's home near Hull in northern England without travelling on planes, trains, boats, vehicles or other transport modes.
The col · lectiu Cultura i Conflicte puja a stage the drama dels desapareguts a Xile in a ficció based on fets reals
Tired of the postage, some travelers choose to live the experience without mentally editing it for an audience. It's what's known as' zeroposting '.
Riot police in Chile’s capital deployed tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of students.
The Atacama desert has experienced intense rainfall in recent weeks. The cause: El Niño's weather phenomenon, whose effects have transformed this land, forming one of the most exceptional episodes of the flower desert observed.
Chile’s 22nd Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) features nine pics in its Chile Film Competition this year vying for cash prizes in the best film, director and actor categories. Among them, four are debut features, including “Erratics” by Thomas Woodroffe, which competed at the San Sebastian Festival’s New Directors sidebar. The lineup also features ‘Monguen,’ the […]
