CHILE – Jose Antonio Kast of the far-right Republican Party on Sunday won the Chile presidential run-off, defeating Jeannette Jara. Kast won with 58.17% of the vote, while Communist Party member and former Labor Minister Jara got 41.83%. Jara conceded defeat shortly after the initial tally, saying “democracy spoke loud and clear.” “I just spoke […]
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All Miners Trapped in El Teniente Copper Mine in Chile Dead
CHILE – All miners who had been trapped in the El Teniente copper mine in Chile were pronounced dead after a collapse was triggered by a seismic event on Thursday. “Today, at 3.30 pm, we finally found the last missing worker from the El Teniente mine,” said prosecutor Aquiles Cubillos, Chilean newspaper El Mercurio On-Line […]