EVA VERGARA

June 19, 2020 at 9:03 pm

Chileans mass produce caskets to deal with COVID onslaught VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Nicolás Bergerie's family has been making coffins for four generations, with barely any alteration. But when he saw the coronavirus ravaging...

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May 26, 2020 at 12:55 pm

Chile’s hospital ICUs near full capacity as pandemic rages VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Intensive care units in Chile's hospitals are nearly at capacity amid a flood of coronavirus patients, authorities said Tuesday, and doctors...

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April 27, 2020 at 9:01 am

Virus spreads fear through Latin America’s unruly prisons VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The spreading specter of the new coronavirus is shaking Latin America’s notoriously overcrowded, unruly prisons, threatening to turn them into infernos....

• Nation & World

March 11, 2020 at 8:41 am

Chileans worry unresolved problems may lead to new protests VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The southern hemisphere summer has come to a close, and Chileans say they fear — or welcome — the prospect that...

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December 13, 2019 at 1:01 pm

UN official: Chilean police abused protester’s human rights VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A U.N. human rights report released Friday accused Chilean security forces of serious human rights violations against protesters over the past...

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December 12, 2019 at 7:37 am

Chile: Plane that vanished en route to Antarctica found VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Searchers combing Antarctic seas have recovered parts of a military transport plane and human remains belonging to some of the 38...

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December 7, 2019 at 9:00 pm

Students keep driving protests demanding change in Chile VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Nearly two months ago, Catalina Santana jumped a turnstile in the Santiago metro and helped launch a movement that changed the...

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November 28, 2019 at 5:42 pm

Chileans who lost eyes in protests demonstrate in capital VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Protesters rallied in front of Chile’s presidential palace Thursday to support people who have lost eyes to police shotgun pellets and...

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November 18, 2019 at 3:20 pm

Chilean leader acknowledges excess force used in protests VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s president is struggling to bring calm as demonstrators took to the streets again Monday, a month into a potent protest...

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November 15, 2019 at 9:19 am

Pensioners struggling to survive join Chile protests VIEW

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Seventy-seven-year-old María Gonzalez is tired of waking up, Monday to Friday, to sell toilet paper in the Chilean capital. Her meager...

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