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  • Jancis Robinson: Two great Chilean Sauvignons
    Two great Chilean Sauvignons From £3.79 In hot, humid weather, what could be more agreeable than a really sleek, racy, cool, refreshing Sauvignon blanc, with lots of zesty acidity counterbalanced by really interesting, thought-provoking fruit? New
  • JDF sub lieutenant to join crew on Chilean navy ship
    TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD sub lieutenant Leonard Wynter will on Tuesday join the crew of the Esmeralda - a Chilean truing ship - for a six-week voyage that will take him to Colombia and Ecuador on the way back to Chile. Chilean Ambassador to Jamaica Alfredo
  • UPDATE: Honduras Coup Stalls 0 Million Of International Finance
    Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES VINA DEL MAR, CHILE -(Dow Jones)- Honduras' recent army-backed coup could cost the poverty-stricken Central American country $450 million in financing from international organizations this year, Rebecca Santos, the finance minister
  • Morocco, Chile sign fisheries agreement
    (MENAFN - ) Morocco and Chile signed on Thursday an agreement on the implementation of a bilateral memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. A statement of the ministry of Agriculture and fisheries
  • Chilean Peso Slides Most in Two Months on U.S. Employment Data
    (Bloomberg)?Chile?s peso slid the most in two months after the U.S. government reported that the jobless rate climbed and employers cut more jobs than forecast last month, sapping investor appetite for emerging-market assets. The peso slipped 1.7
  • IMF Official: Mexico, Brazil In Talks To Buy IMF ...
    SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Mexico and Brazil are in discussions with the International Monetary Fund to purchase IMF-issued bonds, according to Nicolas Eyzaguirre, director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department. 'There are discussions with both
  • Ousted Honduran president riled old guard, business
    By Patrick Markey TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran rancher Santiago Ruiz has no doubt about the day President Manuel Zelaya finally detonated the crisis that led to his ouster -- the moment he signed a trade pact with Venezuela's socialist government.
  • Americas economic leaders shore up crisis response
    By Rodrigo Martinez and Terry Wade of Reuters VINA DEL MAR, Chile - Finance ministers from the Americas and multilateral lenders sought to shore up responses to the global economic crisis on Friday and pave the way for a vigorous recovery. The event in
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A three-year-old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto Pinochet, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990. Sound economic policies, first implemented by the Pinochet dictatorship, led to unprecedented growth in 1991-97 and have helped secure the country's commitment to democratic and representative government.

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