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Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worries
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Google on Tuesday said it would halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in Chile to address environmental concerns, a decision reflecting growing worries about the impact of power-thirsty projects around the world. The U.S. technology company...
Chile's leftist president vows to seek repeal of dictatorship-era amnesty law
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's left-wing president President Gabriel Boric on Wednesday promised to push for the repeal of an iron-clad amnesty that has for years ruled out most investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. ...
Cerro Grande: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Cerro Grande Mining Corp. (CEGMF) on Thursday reported a loss of $57,000 in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Santiago, Chile-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent. In the final minutes...
SQM: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $213.6 million. The Santiago Chile, Chile-based company said it had net income of 75 cents per share. The results...
Cervecerias Unidas: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Compania Cervecerias Unidas (CCU) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $5.4 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Santiago, Chile-based company said it had net...
Banco Santander-Chile: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $233.1 million. The bank, based in Santiago Chile, Chile, said it had earnings of 49 cents per share. The financial holding...
Chileans confront a homelessness crisis, a first for one of South America's richest countries
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The presidential residence of Gabriel Boric, the leftist millennial leader of Chile elected three years ago in the wake of public unrest over income inequality, shares a street in downtown Santiago with an overwhelmed homeless shelter. The sight of cardboard...
Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his first giant steps in a Chilean zoo in a boost to his species
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species. The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, two weeks ago marked the third time that a white rhino had ever been born in South...
Stolen at birth, an adoptee sues Chile over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean-American raised in the United States filed a criminal complaint against the Chilean government on Monday, alleging that it engaged in a systematic plan to steal thousands of babies from perceived enemies of the state in the 1970s and 1980s. The case...
