Chile learns how trust its military, 20 years after Pinochet
Chile has made great strides since the end of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990. Under Pinochet there was extreme political repression, including at least 3,000 people who were “disappeared” and murdered because of their political opposition to the regime. In the last 20 years Chile has enjoyed rapid improvements in its economy and society, but [...]
JSW mulls Chilean iron ore import
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Business Standard
JSW Steel, India’s third largest steel maker, will explore the possibility of importing iron ore from its mine in Chile and sell it in the local market.
The Sajjan Jindal-controlled company had secured prospecting licences through its Netherland-based subsidiary to explore and exploit magnetite iron ore deposits in northern Chile’s Atacama region.
“We will [...]
Chilean president Bachelet addresses California Assembly
via sacbee.com
Speaking of Chile, she said, “We aim to take a giant step and become a developed nation in the span of one generation.”
“We have not come to ask for aid,” she told legislators. “We have come to form a partnership for development.”
“… promote collaboration through cooperative actions and initiatives focused on issues …, including [...]
Investors look for emerging markets beyond BRIC
via The Economic Times
Analysts say the answer lies in the unique opportunity the new markets are offering. These markets are expected to grow like BRIC did in the new millennium as they enter an era of fast-track reforms. Maneesh Kumar, head, wealth management solutions at ASK Wealth Advisors, identifies Colombia as an interesting market to [...]
Chile Wine Fest Rocking
via indianwineacademy
It was a coup of sorts managed by the Ambassador of Chile[to India], H.E. Alphonso Silva who also demonstrated his diplomatic skills by heartily giving the credit to Mr. Gonzalo Ibanez, the Commercial counsellor & his team, and Mr. Juan Somavia, new Managing Director of Wines of Chile.
In a short speech at the concurrent, [...]
Peru, Chile fight over potato’s origin
One cannot imagine Indian cuisine without aloo (potato in Hindi) chholey, aloo mutter, aloo bonda, aloo chaat. Hard to believe that all this came about in the recent ~450 years(sometime after Pizarro showed up in Peru in 1532) of India’s more than 7000 year history.
via USATODAY.com
The origin of the potato has become, well, a “hot [...]
Per-Capita Pharmaceutical Spending in Chile is Due to Reach US$81.4 by 2012
via BizWire
Per-capita pharmaceutical spending is due to reach US$81.4 by 2012, buoyed in part by increased government spending. The author forecasts that the total market will be worth US$1.42bn in 2012 in final consumer prices, roughly double its US dollar value in 2004.
Still, while her administration has taken steps to increase healthcare programmes, President Michelle [...]
World’s biggest copper mine to grow even more
via Reuters
Everything about Escondida is a superlative. It’s the world’s largest copper mine in the world’s largest copper producing country and it is easily visible from outer space.
“I think Escondida is a world-class ore body and probably one of the biggest ever discovered,” said Diego Hernandez, the president for base metals for majority-owner BHP Billiton, [...]
Coastal Fog Tower Harvests Chilean Mist
Inhabitat »
This dispatch from the future of skyscraper technology takes us to the northern coast of Chile, where Alberto Fernández and Susana Ortega have conceived of a Fog Tower that absorbs and channels water from its mist enshrouded environs. This pristine helical structure would allow for the development of a sustainable agriculture environment at [...]
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