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SANTIAGO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A fire has ravaged parts of the Metropolitan Park of Santiago, known as the Chilean capital's "green lung," the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service said Friday.

Santiago, Apr 3 (EFE).- Work kicked off on Monday to reopen the main entrance to the Chilean capital’s Baquedano metro station, which is located near the iconic, like-named square that was the focal point of the social unrest that rocked the country in 2019. That entrance has been closed to the public since then because …

Santiago, Mar 29 (EFE).- Chilean police arrested 36 people Wednesday during protests on the Day of the Young Combatant, which commemorates the 1985 murder of two militants by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship. The largest demonstration took place here in the capital, where a crowd comprising mainly high school students marched down La Alameda, the …

Among several localities in the Valparaiso region, around 40 homes have been evacuated and a dozen homes have been destroyed

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A heat wave that has hit Chile this week with record temperatures in some areas and a lack of rainfall has intensified forest fires that have already burned more than 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres)in the South American nation.

A TV reporter was among the three people wounded in Santiago during incidents involving law enforcement officers (Carabineros), armed street merchants, and hooded looters during a Labor Day demonstration by unionist groups.