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  • Violent clashes continue in Chile’s Aysén region
    The government hopes to address primary concerns even after disappointing negotiations.

    Protests in Chile’s northern Patagonia turned violent late Tuesday night and into early Wednesday morning as social groups from the Aysén region continued to demand government investment in their region.

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  • Chile’s protesting Aysén region losing tourists
    National Service of Tourism says Aysén losing US$186,000 per day due to demonstrations.

    After a week and a half of major protests in Aysén including road barricades, traffic chaos, and essentially a region-wide shutdown, many tourists are canceling their vacation plans in the region.

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  • Chile-Peru border reopens after being cleared of land mines
    Peru hosts 1,400 Chileans after floods reveal old land mines along border, block routes.

    The Peru-Chile border reopened on Wednesday just two days after floods revealed an unknown number of old land mines along the highway between Arica and the Peruvian city of Tacna, stranding 1,400 Chilean travelers.

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  • Hantavirus continues to spread throughout Chile
    Government has now confirmed 18 cases of the deadly virus in the country.

    The number of confirmed cases of Hantavirus in Chile has reached 18, according to the Institute of Public Health (ISP).

    Officials revealed the two most recent cases on Wednesday, adding to the 16 previously documented cases.

    A 21-year-old man living in the Bío Bío region of southern Chile reportedly caught the illness while working as a stocker in supermarket. The other new case was a 20-year-old man in the city of Maullín in the Los Lagos Region.

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  • Experts say Chile's environmental consciousness not up to par
    Conservation efforts under scrutiny, overshadowed by booming economy.

    Experts say that Chile's biodiversity is coming under threat due to the government’s inability to realign environmental preservation policies with its expanding economy. The criticism comes just after the Environmental Performance Index released results of a study,ranking Chile No. 58 in the world for green consciousness.

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  • Unexpected success for Chilean team in Copa Libertadores
    Unión Española barely qualified for the tournament, but hasn’t stumbled in early stages.

    The air up in the mountains of La Paz is rarified, though it can’t match the highs of Unión Española after a dream start to their Copa Libertadores campaign.

    The third, and last, Chilean team to qualify for the competition has surpassed the performances of their giant countrymen, Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile, with a perfect record through their first two games of the group stage.

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  • Law passes to protect confidentiality of Chileans with debt
    New “Dicom law” will give millions of Chileans a fresh start with their credit history.

    The Chilean government passed on Monday the so-called “Dicom Law,” a major reform to Chile’s Directory of Credit Information (Dicom), a debt disclosure system that has been in place since 1976.

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