Violent protests erupt in Chile over government cuts of social programmes
Labour unions and student groups protested in Chile as President Kast delivered his first State of the Nation.
‘What you see here is a wetland without water’: how the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought
A Google datacentre in Quilicura, Chile. The company openeded this, its first and largest server room in Latin America, in…
How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins
King penguins have been coming to Useless Bay in southern Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region for hundreds of years. Photograph:…
Brazil’s visa-free entry for Chinese visitors sparks rise in South America travel demand
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Where did the hantavirus outbreak start, and where has it spread?
The US and France are the latest to confirm hantavirus cases as evacuations from a cruise ship are under way.
Gold vs water: Argentina opens glaciers to mining but at what cost to world food supplies?
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WHO confirms five cases of hantavirus linked to cruise ship
Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents that can cause severe disease in humans.