Chile

LOOK: Orion's 'Fiery Red Ribbon'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK Tech

The constellation of Orion is one of the most recognisable in the night sky, but new photos show a dramatic red trail of interstellar dust behind its ...

Retrospective Action?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Sport

Luis Suárez has risked an international suspension after the he appeared to punch Chile's Gonzalo Jara during Uruguay's 2-0 World Cup qualifying defe...

PIC: Jaw Dropping 268-Megapixel Image Of The Carina Nebula

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.02.2013 | UK Tech

An amazing 268-megapixel image of the Carina Nebula has been released by the European Southern Observatory. The picture of the star-forming region...

Chile's Most Wanted

Rodrigo Vasquez | Posted 29.12.2012 | UK Entertainment
Rodrigo Vasquez

I chose Pascual Pichun to be the main character of my film because he has been a symbol of the Mapuche indigenous struggle since he was 17.

Colombian Peace Talks - The Differences Were Plain to See But the Common Desire for Peace Was Clear

James O'Keefe | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Politics
James O'Keefe

This was a group of people in anticipation of a new era for their country. I felt simultaneously honoured to bear witness but also a little like a gatecrasher at an intimate family celebration. I wish this family well because peace is an inalienable right too.

British Ambassador's Twitter Own Goal

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK

Britain's ambassador to Chile has apologised after comments he made on Twitter mocked Argentinian soldier's bravery, questioned their sexuality and hi...

WATCH: Chilean Students Set Fire To Bus Over Education Changes

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 10.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Video footage has emerged of students in Santiago, Chile, setting fire to a bus in protest at education reforms made by the Chilean government. Tho...

What Has Happened to Argentine Dignity?

Peter Martindale | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

The Argentine people should have the intelligence and dignity to drop all claims to the Falklands and so to benefit from improved relations and trade, or for ever be complaining about the state of their own country and what might have been.

VIDEO: Students Clash With Police In Violent Protests

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Students have clashed with police again over education reforms in Santiago, Chile. A water cannon and tear gas were used in efforts to control the ...

Chile To Delete The Word 'Dictatorship' From School Books

Posted 06.03.2012 | Home

"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future," wrote George Orwell in 1984. Now, critics of the r...

Conjoined Twin Girls Separated After 20-Hour Surgery

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK

Chilean doctors successfully separated conjoined twin girls on Wednesday after a marathon 20-hour surgery. Around 100 medical staff were involved i...

AMAZING Fossil Find Baffles Scientists (Photos)

Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.01.2012 | UK

Archaeologists were baffled when they discovered 75 fossilised whales in a desert in Chile. Pictures of the 2010 find, recently released to the Ass...

European Extremely Large Telescope Hunts For Extraterrestrial Life (PHOTOS)

Melanie Hick | Posted 17.12.2011 | UK Tech

It's not just big, it's not even extraordinarily sizeable, the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) is the whopping great telescope that Chile h...

'Megavirus' Discovered Off Coast Of Chile In Ocean Trawl

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.12.2011 | UK

The world's largest virus has been discovered off the coast of Chile. The virus, known as Megavirus chilensis, is 10 to 20 times as wide as normal ...

Psychic Detectives Have a Past, but do They Have a Future?

Simon Welfare | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK
Simon Welfare

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and it's hard not to have sympathy for the Chilean government, which recently called in a medium to help find the missing victims of a recent air crash off Robinson Crusoe Island in the Pacific.

Otherworldly Wonders On Earth

Black Tomato | Posted 24.10.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Black Tomato

To take a trip out of the earth's blue ether takes monumental guts and an unfathomable trust in technology and whilst we salute space exploration (that's the next travel frontier right?), let's not forget those truly 'otherworldly' sights on show a little closer to home. No need for a lunar capsule here, just a healthy dose of curiosity and a pair of fidgety feet.

One Year Later Trapped Chilean Miners Jeered By Protesters

Press Association | Press Association | Posted 06.10.2011 | Home

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- It has been a bittersweet anniversary for Chile's rescued miners, who were honoured as heroes in their home town only to come und...