Santiago Informer

Two legendary Chilean folk bands perform side by side in Santiago Upon finally returning to Chile, Illapu received a hero's welcome, performing at Parque La Bandera in Santiago in front of more than 100,000 people. Inti-Illimani: 'Sun of the Andes' In 1967, a then-nameless band was invited to play at a celebration of … Read [...]

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Chilean Swap Rates Fall as Consumer Prices Drop: Santiago Mover “It was brutal,” Rodrigo Blazquez, a trader at Deutsche Bank AG in Santiago, said in a telephone interview. “The market is pricing in two rate cuts. The central bank's language is a little more dovish, so two cuts are doable, especially after today's … Read [...]

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Chilean produced English-language play hits stage in Santiago – Santiago Times That director, Constanza Hola and co-director Sebastián Concha, will debut in Santiago their english language, one-act play “Self-Criticism,” featuring British actresses Cornelia Baumann and Sarah Jayne-Harris. Originally from Chile, Hola moved to … Read more on Santiago Times

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Chilean Youth And Police Square Off Santiago, Chile – Groups of youths in this capital and other Chilean cities battled with police early Friday on the annual Day of the Young Combatant, which commemorates the killing of two activists by the 1973-1990 Pinochet regime. Twenty-two people … Read more on Fox News Latino

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Chilean Youth And Police Square Off Santiago, Chile – Groups of youths in this capital and other Chilean cities battled with police early Friday on the annual Day of the Young Combatant, which commemorates the killing of two activists by the 1973-1990 Pinochet regime. Twenty-two people … Read more on Fox News Latino

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Nadal Meets Chilean President On Arrival In Santiago The Spaniard touched down in Santiago and later had an hour-long meeting with President Sebastian Piñera and Chilean tennis stars Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu at the presidential offices in the Palacio de la Moneda. During the meeting, Nadal … Read more on ATP World Tour

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Castro's arrival irks Chilean right at summit SANTIAGO, Chile — Raul Castro's participation in the 60-nation summit was giving his host some headaches on Friday as members of the Chilean president's center-right coalition accused the Cuban president of harboring criminals. The far-right … Read more on MiamiHerald.com

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Chilean court fines motel for discrimination SANTIAGO, Chile — A court in Chile has slapped a fine on a motel that banned entry to a gay couple in the first ruling associated with a new-antidiscrimination law. The judge ordered the motel on Friday to pay a $ 4,000 fine to a lesbian couple and … [...]

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Chilean Peso Depreciates as Copper Falls on U.S. Fiscal Concern The currency depreciated 0.1 percent to 481 per U.S. dollar at the close in Santiago after falling 0.5 percent. International investors in the Chilean peso forwards market cut bets against the currency to a six-month low of $ 6.8 billion on Nov. 26 … Read [...]

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Chilean Peso Fluctuates as Stable Rates Offset Global Concerns “There are arguments in the domestic economy to support a strong peso,” including stable interest rates, said Cristian Donoso, a trader at Banchile Corredores de Bolsa SA in Santiago. “Yet offshore there's the U.S fiscal cliff, the sagas of Greece and … Read more on Businessweek

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Festival brings over 60 Chilean musicians to downtown Santiago Pulsar 2012, the International Music Fair of Santiago, hopes to attract 12,000 to see its truly eclectic blend of folk, rock, funk, pop, cumbia and more in downtown Santiago this year. The third annual music festival covers all aspects of the music … Read more on [...]

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Chilean Contemporary Art Fair opens in Santiago Members of Santiago's contemporary art scene inaugurated the fourth annual Chilean Contemporary Art Fair (Ch.ACO) on Thursday night at the Estación Mapocho Cultural Center in downtown Santiago. ch.aco. The fair, which features work from 30 different … Read more on Santiago Times

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Chilean folk group Inti-Illimani brings its militant Andean sound to the … The members of the celebrated Chilean folk ensemble, Inti-Illimani, have seen the world change since the group formed 45 years ago. They marvel at technology and the wonders of the Internet, but their music is still rooted in tradition. "We use the … [...]

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Chilean student protest deteriorates into chaos Thousands of high school and university students marched in Santiago on Thursday to express their frustration with a government that they say has been increasingly skirting their demands. While police reported 5,000 protesters, students offered a much … Read more on Santiago Times

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Chilean Peso Declines as Copper Drops on Global Stimulus Concern The currency depreciated 0.4 percent to 472.10 per dollar at 10:47 a.m. in Santiago, paring its rally in the third quarter to 6.2 percent, still the best performance among the greenback's major Latin American counterparts. The peso rose 1.2 percent … Read more on Bloomberg

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