Chile - Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo LagosPresident
(pronounced "Ree-CAR-doe LA-gos")
"We must end the two Chiles. No longer can we accept an unjust nation where the rich live comfo...
Read more
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who has expressed concerns
about climate change as a growing global issue, announced Tuesday his
appointment of three high-level diplomats as special envoy...
Read more
President Michelle Bachelet fired her chief of staff and three other members of her Cabinet on Monday in response to a public transportation crisis that has badly damaged her government.Bus service...
Read more
New York (dpa) - Environment ministers and officials from nearly
30 countries met Wednesday to discuss programmes aimed at blunting
the dire effects of climate change while ...
Read more
The U.N. General Assembly is set to begin Tuesday its first ever
plenary session focused on climate change in efforts to garner a
''broad political consensus'' from countries to tackle the is...
Read more
Berlin (dpa) - Environment and energy ministers of the Group of
Eight (G8) met to discuss ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
during a two-day conference that got unde...
Read more
Santiago (dpa) - A Chilean court on Friday revoked corruption
charges against the family of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.
The Appeals Court in Santiago heard the...
Read more
Buenos Aires (dpa) - The international community,
including the political rivals United States and Venezuela, Monday
congratulated Argentina's first lady and president-elect...
Read more
Santiago/Washington (dpa) - An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the
Richter scale struck northern Chile Wednesday, prompting panic and
power cuts in the region.
Th...
Read more
Santiago/Washington (dpa) - At least two people were killed and
some 140 were injured Wednesday in Chile as an earthquake measuring
7.7 on the Richter scale struck the north...
Read more
TOCOPILLA, Chile (Reuters) - Emergency teams
delivered water and food and set up emergency tents in dusty
towns in northern Chile Thursday as aftershocks shook nerves
a day after a powerful earthq...
Read more
Chile - Ricardo Lagos
Ban names 3 special envoys on climate change
