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US Navy destroyer ‘sails through Taiwan Strait’
May 14, 2020 13:33The US Navy says one of its guided-missile destroyers has sailed through the strategic Taiwan Strait, a provocative move likely to anger China.
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Fire in Chilean city destroys over 100 homes on Christmas Eve
Dec 26, 2019 07:22A violent forest fire on Christmas Eve affects more than a hundred homes on a hill in the Chilean city of Valparaiso, some 120 km west of Santiago.
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Chilean military plane disappears with 38 on board
Dec 10, 2019 08:38The Chilean Air Force reported on Monday the disappearance of one of its cargo planes that was headed to a base in Antarctica with 38 people on board.
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Chile: Protesters clash with police in renewed unrest
Nov 30, 2019 10:57Protesters in the Chilean capital, Santiago, clashed with police in renewed unrest on Friday, as violent demonstrations continue over living standards and a host of other issues in one of Latin America's most unequal countries.
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Chilean security forces 'intentionally' attacked protesters to 'punish' them: Amnesty
Nov 21, 2019 17:28Chilean police and soldiers backed by their commanders have carried out "generalized" attacks on people protesting over inequality with the intention of "punishing and harming" them, Amnesty International said in a report published on Thursday.
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Chile: One of Latin America's most unequal countries
Nov 17, 2019 17:51The events in Chile is yet another indication of US interference in South America and attempts to destabilize the region for keeping the local people struck in misery and poverty while Washington reaps the economic benefits through the dictators it installs.
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Protests continue in Chile as new death sparks anger
Nov 17, 2019 17:42Clashes continued overnight in Santiago on Sunday, following the death of a 29-year-old man from a heart attack amid protests on Friday.
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Chile to amend constitution in effort to end protests
Nov 11, 2019 15:16Chile announced Sunday it will move to draft a new constitution and replace one dating back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship -- a key demand of protesters who have rocked the country for three weeks.
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Protests continue in Chile, president remains defiant
Nov 06, 2019 09:23Protests in Chile over social injustice and poor living conditions have entered their third week, as embattled President Sebastian Pinera defies calls to resign.
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Chile and its history of Western interference
Nov 05, 2019 17:14Chile is experiencing the largest and most serious political crisis and public unrest throughout Santiago and the country’s major cities, since the return to ‘democracy’ in 1990. A weeklong of fire, teargas and police brutality, left at least 20 people dead, thousands arrested and injured. More than 1.2 million people protested on Friday 25 October in the Streets of Chile’s capital, Santiago, not just against the 4% hike in metro-fares. That was the drop that brought the glass to overflow.