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Chilean Navy trials carbon-neutral fuel in Strait of Magellan

Chilean Navy trials carbon-neutral fuel in Strait of Magellan

The Chilean Navy has demonstrated a ‘first-of-its-kind’ operation by fueling a naval vessel, a motorboat from the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA), with e-fuel, a carbon-neutral synthetic gasoline produced by international electrofuel...

Pedro Pascal vs Pedro Piscal: A legal wrangle between the actor and a Chilean drink brand

Pedro Pascal vs Pedro Piscal: A legal wrangle between the actor and a Chilean drink brand

At the end of 2022, Chilean entrepreneur David Herrera was celebrating the New Year. While drinking a piscola — one of Chile’s most popular drinks — he came up with the idea of creating a pisco brand called Pedro Piscal. Almost immediately, he...

Fall Creek strengthens blueberry commitment in southern Chile

Fall Creek strengthens blueberry commitment in southern Chile

Fall Creek is expanding its team in southern Chile to capitalize on the region's advantages for producing varieties with high cold requirements. These varieties are primarily produced in Chile to meet demand for quality fruit in international...

Minister calls for strong focus on RnD to produce affordable, high-quality medical devices

Minister calls for strong focus on RnD to produce affordable, high-quality medical devices

New Delhi: Emphasising the need for greater self-reliance in healthcare, the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has called for a strong focus on research and development (R&D) to enable the production of affordable, high-quality...

Ten companies express interest in Chile wind manufacturing

Ten companies from across Asia, Europe and South America have responded to a request for information (RFI) from the Chilean government to assess private sector interest in manufacturing wind power systems and components in the South American...

Chile eyes audiovisual partnership with Korea through new rebate incentives

Chile eyes audiovisual partnership with Korea through new rebate incentives

Chile's minister of culture, arts and heritage sees a promising partnership with Korea in the audiovisual sector, driven by Chile’s new rebate system and Korea’s strong export capacity. In an interview with The Korea Herald, Minister Carolina...

Fluoridated water: a political and cultural debate

Fluoridated water: a political and cultural debate

Of all the chemical additives commonly found in the human diet – Fluoride is currently one of the most polarising, misunderstood, and controversial. Depending on dosage, fluoride intake has both positive and negative impacts on our health....

French, India Ukraine, Tanzania & Zimbabwe Growers, Educators Named 2025 International No-Till Legends

French, India Ukraine, Tanzania & Zimbabwe Growers, Educators Named 2025 International No-Till Legends

Back in 2017, the No-Till Farmer editors recognized 43 North American farmers and educators as “No-Till Legends.” At that time, we also recognized 11 honorees from seven countries outside of North America as “International No-Till Legends.” Since...

Argentina’s Discovery Potential: Like Chile 50 Years Ago

Argentina’s Discovery Potential: Like Chile 50 Years Ago

Argentina: This is like shooting a duck in a barrel for explorers… Modern exploration techniques, but searching unexplored ground resembling Chile from 50 years ago! What place holds the highest probability for a new world-class discovery? As...

Bolivia’s elections: MAS loses power, right-wing resurges

Bolivia’s elections: MAS loses power, right-wing resurges

A disintegrated left establishment, worsening economic crisis and resurgent right wing marked the first round of Bolivia’s elections on August 17, which spelt the end of the Movement Towards Socialism’s (MAS) 20 years in power. Two right-wing...

Historic Rixi Moncada Rally Unites 30,000+ in Honduras: A Turning Point for the 2025 Election?

Historic Rixi Moncada Rally Unites 30,000+ in Honduras: A Turning Point for the 2025 Election?

The Rixi Moncada rally in San Pedro Sula drew over 30,000 supporters, marking a historic moment in Honduras’ 2025 election and signaling a powerful push for national transformation. Related: Honduras: Libre Party calls for mass rally in San Pedro...

5 Critical Warnings as US Military Escalation in Venezuela Sparks Global Alarm

5 Critical Warnings as US Military Escalation in Venezuela Sparks Global Alarm

U.S. naval forces amass near Venezuela under the guise of anti-drug operations — but the real target is sovereignty, not narcotics. The Progressive International condemns the US military escalation in Venezuela, warning of a revived Monroe...

Chile’s Right Brawls for the Country’s Future

Chile’s Right Brawls for the Country’s Future

Campaign season is well underway in the South American country of Chile, which is closing in on the first round of its presidential election in mid-November. This election is particularly unusual, with four of the five major candidates in the...

Saudi Arabia emphasizes its keenness on quality education and green initiatives at Chile summit

Saudi Arabia emphasizes its keenness on quality education and green initiatives at Chile summit

Saudi Gazette report SANTIAGO — Saudi Arabia represented Arab countries through its participation in the World Summit on Teachers, held in Santiago, Chile. On behalf of Minister of Education, the Kingdom’s delegation was headed by Deputy Minister...

Paws and profits: PetSmart announces new executive vice president, and more

Paws and profits: PetSmart announces new executive vice president, and more

PetSmart has a new executive vice president and chief commercial officer with more than 30 years of experience. Meanwhile, a veterinary-focused artificial intelligence (AI) company appointed a a new strategic advisor with experience in AI...

Elections 2025: OAS Electoral Mission urges all to ‘act responsibly’ 

Elections 2025: OAS Electoral Mission urges all to ‘act responsibly’ 

See below the full press release from the Organization of American States: The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guyana, led by former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, looks forward to a...

OAS calls for peaceful, transparent elections ahead of polls

OAS calls for peaceful, transparent elections ahead of polls

– urges citizens’ participation THE Organisation of American States (OAS) has deployed its Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to Guyana in anticipation of the country’s General and Regional Elections on September 1, 2025. The mission is being led...

Kidnapping is kidnapping: Chile and its unresolved debt with the disappeared

Kidnapping is kidnapping: Chile and its unresolved debt with the disappeared

Chile carries a wound that has never healed. The disappearance of people under State custody does not belong solely to the dictatorial past: it persists as a covert practice in democracy, tolerated by legal loopholes and by the continuity of a...

Don’t Strike Down Law Banning Therapy Aimed at Making LGBTQ Kids Straight, Say LGBTQ Advocates in Court

Don’t Strike Down Law Banning Therapy Aimed at Making LGBTQ Kids Straight, Say LGBTQ Advocates in Court

A group of Colorado and national LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief this week defending Colorado’s 2019 law banning conversion therapy for minors in a case challenging the law before the U.S. Supreme Court. One Colorado and Rocky...

OAS Electoral Mission in Guyana calls for citizens’ participation & looks forward to peaceful elections

OAS Electoral Mission in Guyana calls for citizens’ participation & looks forward to peaceful elections

The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guyana, led by former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, looks forward to a peaceful and orderly electoral process on September 1, 2025. The EOM notes...

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