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Heaps of dead whales, salmon and sardines blamed on the El Nino freak weather phenomenon have clogged Chile's Pacific beaches.

• 04 мая 2016, 16:29

Thousands of people, many waving rainbow-colored flags, gathered in Santiago for a "March for Equality," pushing for Chile to acknowledge more gay rights.

• 17 мая 2015, 12:21

A large column of smoke streamed from Chile's Calbuco volcano, prompting new warnings that it could erupt again.

• 25 апреля 2015, 16:04

At least 18 people were killed in flash floods that hit a normally arid region of northern Chile last week, and about the same number remain missing.

• 31 марта 2015, 14:33

Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to at least one death and threatened the historic port city of Valparaiso.

• 14 марта 2015, 17:55

Kazakhstani crews has completed the second stage of Dakar, which proved to be dangerous and quite demanding for both racers and vehicles.

• 08 января 2015, 21:21

Four crews from Kazakhstan are racing the prestigious Dakar Rally in 2015.

• 06 января 2015, 13:39

Chile's president marked the 41st anniversary of the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power .

• 12 сентября 2014, 12:25

Monday's attack on a Chilean subway station shocked residents of Santiago and sparked a search for the perpetrators that has also reopened old wounds.

• 11 сентября 2014, 14:51

A bomb rocked a Santiago metro station on Monday, injuring seven people in a blast Chile's government called a "terrorist act."

• 09 сентября 2014, 14:16

Jorge Schindler saved dozens of leftist militants by employing them undercover at his pharmacies, risking his own life.

• 23 августа 2014, 14:56

Construction on the world's largest optical telescope began with a bang, as workers demolished a hilltop in Chile's Atacama desert.

• 20 июня 2014, 23:27

Latin America's Pacific Alliance trade bloc agreed to allow citizens to live and work in any of the four member countries for a year.

• 20 июня 2014, 12:49

Spain's long reign as the kings of international football came to a dramatic end at the World Cup on Wednesday, with the defending champions sent crashing out after a 2-0 defeat to Chile.

• 19 июня 2014, 11:37

A retired Brazilian colonel who last month admitted carrying out torture during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship has been found dead following a break-in at his suburban Rio home, police said Friday.

• 26 апреля 2014, 15:51

More than 8,000 people were evacuated Sunday as an army of firefighters battled a killer blaze that tore through parts of Chile's historic port of Valparaiso and left at least 12 people dead.

• 14 апреля 2014, 10:19

Small tsunami waves hit northern Japan early Thursday following a powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake thousands of kilometres away across the Pacific Ocean in Chile after officials issued an evacuation advisory for certain areas.

• 03 апреля 2014, 10:13

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile's Pacific coast Tuesday, triggering tsunami waves of more than two meters and warnings for people to flee to higher ground.

• 02 апреля 2014, 10:19

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile's northwestern coast on Sunday, the latest of at least seven quakes to hit the region in recent days.

• 24 марта 2014, 11:13

A Chilean court sentenced a leader of the country's Mapuche population to 18 years in jail on Friday for a fire that killed an elderly farmer and his wife.

• 01 марта 2014, 12:59