President Sebastián Piñera Echenique President-elect Sebastián Piñera is preparing to take power in Chile with his inauguration set to take place today. The future President began an intense round of bilateral meetings on Wednesday morning where he welcomed 19 foreign delegates from different countries, including the Presidents of Colombia and Bolivia and the Prince of Asturias. The first... 

The Metropolitan Officer, Igor Garafulic, affirmed that yesterday there were no looting or mobs attacking neighbors in Santiago, but rumors spread by strangers through 133 Carabineros, Chile’s Uniformed Police Service, and twitter network. The Officer expressed that “the people should not pay attention to the rumors that were spread yesterday in downtown Santiago. This has been happening in Meiggs... 

After the 8,8 (Richter) earthquake in Chile and its several aftershocks the situation is like this: V Region of Valparaíso: The historic area of the city is seriously damaged and transport services are interrupted. The route between Viña del Mar and Santiago is open but people must be highly cautious when driving due to several large breaks in the asphalt. Metropolitan Region of Santiago: The first... 

Police Traffic Operations With the return to work and school looming in Chile,the Carabineros, Chile’s  uniformed Police Service, are putting special precautions into plan this weekend to deal the influx of cars expected on the roads Saturday and Sunday. An estimated 250,000 cars filled with holidaymakers are expected to return to the city between today and Sunday,  ahead of the Monday, March... 

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet & President Elect Sebastián Piñera Chilean President Michelle Bachelet officially introduced Sebastián Piñera at the Rio Group Summit. Chile’s next President, Sebastián Piñera, attended the Rio Group Summit in Cancun after Michelle Bachelet invited him to participate in the event. In the summit, Bachelet said Chile has a commitment with Latin American... 

The 31 Undersecretaries - Photo Courtesy Andrea Robles President-elect, Sebastián Piñera, assigned his Undersecretaries around 10 am today at the Bellas Artes Museum. Unlike the Ministers that the next President of Chile chose on February 9th, the most prominent Undersecretaries that he appointed today are from the Alianza parties, in which several of them consist of militants and former congressmen... 

Father Renato Poblete - Photo Courtesy "La Tercera" Father Poblete’s body is under the San Ignacio Church’s protection. Father Renato Poblete, the chaplain of “Hogar de Cristo”, a Chilean institution for public benefit, and known for his tremendous solidarity, passed away yesterday morning at age 85. At 8 pm yesterday, they had a funeral service for him in downtown Santiago, where... 

The crashed car In the front of Clínica Santa María there is an encrusted car which crashed there during last night. The car was coming from the Bellavista neighborhood and it also crashed with two trees in the road before impacting the hospital itself. According to witnesses, one of the people on the car, who is an American, ran away in a cab that took him to a hotel in the east side of Santiago.... 

Mexican Ambassador to Chile, Mario Leal On Wednesday afternoon, a group of unidentified men with hoods started a riot at the Mexican Embassy in Santiago. The hooded men threw stones, hammers and paint at the building, located in the borough of Las Condes, next to the Escuela Militar metro, and attempted to remove the flag of Mexico from its mast.  Though vandals managed to escape, the Chilean... 

President Michelle Bachelet President Michelle Bachelet appointed this week the nine members who will be part of the new board of directors for the Chilean mining company, Codelco. According to the Mining Ministry, Bachelet chose these professionals under the recently approved law of Gobiernos Corporativos, or “Corporate Governance”. Some of the new members are Andrés Sanfuentes,...