A wildfire in Chile has destroyed over 500 homes in six hours and continues to sweep the area, with strong winds fanning the flames. A state of emergency has been declared by the country’s president in an effort to help the army battle the fires. At least two people have been killed in the fire that swept more than 2.5 million square meters (660 acres), according to Chile’s National Emergency... 

A massive 8.2 magnitude quake has struck off the coast of northern Chile, killing 6 people and sending a 2-meter tsunami wave. Over 900,000 people and 11 hospitals were evacuated along the coastline, government officials said. Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from low lying coastal regions after a tsunami warning returned to their homes Wednesday morning as damage from the the quake appeared... 

Chileans have held a demonstration in the capital, Santiago, to demand constitutional reform. Protesters marched through Santiago streets on Saturday to urge the administration of President Michelle Bachelet to follow pledges to address constitutional reform in issues such as social inequality through an overhaul of education and healthcare systems. The “march of all marches” demonstration called... 

Chilean workers march in protest demanding better wages in the capital Santiago. Some 10,000 public sector workers in Chile have taken to the streets in the capital to protest over stalled discussions on better wages. The protest march was held in the capital Santiago on Wednesday as a part of a two-day strike called after the government suspended a meeting to resume negotiation talks on pay increases. Public... 

Thousands of Chileans have rallied against a bill dubbed the “Monsanto law” that would let multinationals patent GMO seeds. Activists say it will not only compromise food sovereignty in Chile, but will also harm consumer health. Mass protests were held in at least nine cities across the Latin American country to protest the bill that would allow for the development of genetically modified seeds.... 

Cars covered in snow in central Chile At least 16 people have died in Chile so far this year due to freezing temperatures in the country’s capital city of Santiago, according to officials. On Sunday, one homeless person died on La Paz Street in the capital’s downtown area and another one died some five blocks from the government palace of La Moneda. The second victim was a 50-year-old man found... 

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands in Santiago on June 26, 2012. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has announced that China and Chile plan to increase their bilateral trade to 60 billion US dollars by 2015 in order to strengthen their economic relations. He made the comments at a joint press conference with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago on Tuesday,... 

False color image of the galaxy LAEJ095950.99+021219.1. Astronomers at Arizona State University have located a remote and faint galaxy, which is one of the ten most distant known objects in the space. The team used the IMACS instrument on the Magellan Telescopes in Chile and identified the galaxy ‘LAEJ095950.99+021219.1’ that is about 13 billion light-years away from the Earth. “This galaxy... 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has expressed appreciation to the people of Chile for their support in her country’s bid over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands. During a recent visit to Chile’s capital city, Santiago, on Friday, Fernandez expressed her gratitude to the Chilean people for saying that the Malvinas Islands belong to... 

A Chilean student throws back a tear gas canister at riot police during a protest against the government of President Sebastian Pinera, in Santiago on March 15, 2012. Chilean students calling for education reforms in the South American country have clashed with police during a protest rally in the capital Santiago. Thousands of high school students marched in downtown Santiago on Thursday to demand... 

A new report authored by Deputy Minister Gennadiy M. Gatilov of the Russian Foreign Ministry that is circulating in the Kremlin today warns that the Obama regime is pushing through the US Congress new and draconian “Police State” laws over the fears held by American oligarchs that an Argentina-type “movement” is about to sweep them all away. The fears of a wider crackdown on dissent by the... 

The world’s largest virus has been discovered off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile. Appropriately named Megavirus chilensis, it is about 10 to 20 times larger than the average virus and 6.5% bigger than its nearest competitor, the Mimivirus. The Megavirus measures about .7 micrometers (thousandths of a millimeter) in diameter and is an oddity among its virus brethren, which are usually smaller... 

The ALMA radio telescope has taken its first photograph of the Antennae Galaxies from the observatory in Chile (pictured) telescope. Click on the image to enlarge it. To boldly show: World’s most expensive telescope takes first pictures of deepest space in quest for more knowledge of outer universe. This is the remarkable first picture taken by the new $1.3billion radio telescope sitting high... 

A widespread power failure has left 10 million people across Chile without electricity, exposing the fragility of the energy grid in the world’s top copper producer. The blackout, which paralyzed large areas of the country, was sparked by a problem in the Chile’s national grid on Saturday. It occurred at 8:30 p.m. local time (23:30 GMT) and affected a 1,300-kilometer stretch of the narrow,... 

Chilean TV presenter and actor Felipe Camiroaga was on a plane that disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on its way to the remote Juan Fernandez archipelago. A Chilean air force plane with 21 people aboard, including a popular television host, has crashed into the ocean near the Juan Fernandez islands off the country’s Pacific coast. The plane tried twice to land at the airport on one of the islands...