Cervecerias Unidas: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $55.8 million. On a per-share basis, the Santiago, Chile-based company said it had net income of 30 cents. The wine, spirits and soft drink...

Banco Santander-Chile: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $127.1 million. The Santiago Chile, Chile-based bank said it had earnings of 26 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall...

Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica says has esophageal cancer

Assailants ambush and kill 3 police officers in southern Chile, shaking the country

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in southern Chile on Saturday before setting their car on fire, authorities said, the latest attack on police to revive security concerns in the South American country. It remains unclear...

Chile will ask Venezuela to extradite citizens suspected of killing an anti-Maduro dissident

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Prosecutors in Chile said Friday they plan to formally request that Venezuela extradite two of its citizens to stand trial for charges related to the abduction and killing of a Venezuelan dissident in Chile earlier this year, a case that has strained relations between the...

Fowler wins the Par 3 Contest in his return to the Masters after a 3-year absence

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rickie Fowler has returned to the Masters after a three-year absence, and already he's been able to lift up a trophy. The question now is whether that will cost him a chance to slip on a jacket. Fowler won the traditional Par 3 Contest at Augusta...

Rationed food kept Cubans fed during the Cold War. Today an economic crisis has them hungry

HAVANA (AP) — Like millions of other Cubans, María de los Ángeles Pozo thinks back fondly to when a government ration book fed her family everything from hamburgers, fish and milk to chocolate and beer. People would even get cakes for birthdays and weddings. The “libreta,” as...

Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Monday protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry delivered a note expressing the...

Cerro Grande: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Cerro Grande Mining Corp. (CEGMF) on Thursday reported a loss of $90,000 in its fiscal first quarter. The Santiago, Chile-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. The company's shares...

SQM: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $203.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Santiago Chile, Chile-based company said it had profit of 71 cents. ...