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HAVANA – The Chilean president says she met with Fidel Castro for 90 minutes, and the ailing Cuban leader appeared "in very good shape." President Michelle Bachelet describes the 82-year-old former Cuban president as "active" and "very well." The two met Thursday behind closed doors to discuss the economy and farming in Bachelet's South American country.
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CANTAUCO, Chile (Reuters) – It was supposed to be a magic recipe for instant riches, but instead hundreds of residents in this sleepy town in central Chile are up in arms over a "magic cheese" scam that has left many deep in debt. Chilean housewife Erica Pavez was one of around 300 residents taken in by the pyramid scheme, buying kits to make "magic cheese" said to be used in beauty products like luxury shampoo and moisturizers. Lured by the scheme, Pavez and her family spent about 25 million pesos (27, 745 pounds)) on the kits, which they believed contained...
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PUERTO MONTT, Chile (Reuters) - Experts believe Chile's Chaiten volcano could continue belching out vast clouds of ash for months but distraught people evacuated from nearby towns say they yearn to return as soon as possible. Ash that has reached as far as Argentina continued to spew for a sixth day on Wednesday, disrupting flights to the southern Patagonia region with no sign of let-up. "Everything is so uncertain," said Patricio Ide, 40, who was evacuated from the remote village of Chaiten to Puerto Montt, 125 miles away from the volcano. "This could last a month, three months, maybe we...
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SANTIAGO (AFP) - An 81-year old man in the small Chilean village of Angol shocked his grieving relatives by waking up in his coffin at his own wake, local media said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT When Feliberto Carrasco's family members discovered his body limp and cold, they were convinced that the octogenarian's hour had come, so they immediately called a funeral home, not a doctor. Carrasco was dressed in his finest suit for the wake, and his relatives gathered to bid him a final farewell. "I couldn't believe it. I thought I must be mistaken, and I shut my eyes," Carrasco's...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2007 – A Chilean winery, through its U.S. marketer, is helping to make sure servicemembers stationed away from home this holiday season can stay in touch with loved ones. On behalf of Santa Rita winery, Michael Preis (back right), a portfolio director for Palm Bay International wine importers, presented a check for $25,000 to Cell Phones for Soldiers on Nov. 11, 2007. Robbie (front right) and Brittany Bergquist (front left) accepted the check at Stew Leonards in Newington, Conn. Meghan Flynn (left), the siblings’ father, Bob Bergquist (second from left), and Stew Leonard (center) also attended...
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was stripped of his legal immunity Friday to face charges of diverting public funds to personal bank accounts. Judge Juan Escobar, president of the Santiago Court of Appeals, said his tribunal voted 21-3 to remove the immunity Pinochet enjoys as a former president. Friday's decision is part of a wider corruption-related legal process in which Pinochet also lost immunity against charges of tax evasion and secret overseas bank accounts totaling as much as $28 million. A person with legal immunity must be stripped of it separately in each case. The ruling adds...
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Ophthalmologist to Examine Ancient Chilean Mummy Eyes Over the next week, UC Davis ophthalmologist William Lloyd will dissect and examine the eyes of two North Chilean mummies for evidence of various diseases and medical conditions. Newswise — Over the next week, UC Davis ophthalmologist William Lloyd will dissect and examine the eyes of two North Chilean mummies for evidence of various diseases and medical conditions. One of the eyes belonged to a boy who was 2 years old when he died 1,000 years ago, and the other is from a female, who was approximately 23 years old when she died...
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A Chilean artist has caused controversy by advertising in newspapers for donations of HIV positive blood. Benjamin Novoa Longuera wants to paint a picture of an Aids sufferer using only HIV infected blood. He told Las Ultimas Noticias that he needs half a litre of blood to complete the painting. He said: "Everyone who wants to donate blood should write to bnovoalongueira@yahoo.es. "My friends say I'm crazy and that I am generating an amazing controversy but I want to confront my ghosts."
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You can bet President Bush's poll ratings will go up after the Chilean security incident. He reached through a local protective detail and pulled his Secret Service agent to safety. Bush's Chilean clean-and-jerk played on television like someone retrieving luggage at a crowded airport carousel. But this president plunged right in after his man, and he could have been Arnold Schwarzenegger battling goons.
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