Recent reports out of Chile look promising:
President Michelle Bachelet announced a new plan to professionalize Chile’s Army and abolish obligatory military service within the next five to ten years. The program is part of a general trend to modernize Chile’s entire Armed Forces.
This is a great step in the right direction. The obligatory draft in [...]
Posted April 6, 2006 in In the News | Comments Off
Recent news indicates that Barrick Gold Corp. will be mining gold from high in the Andes Mountains. The impressive part of this announcement is that they’ll be moving glaciers to reach their objective.
Barrick had planned to expose the gold under the ice by breaking up part of the glacirs and dumping the ice in nearby [...]
Posted February 27, 2006 in In the News | 2 Comments »
The Olympics are in full swing in Torino, Italy and our lovely Chile has sent its contingent of athletes to compete.
According to NBCOlympics.com:
Chile is not expected to contend for a medal in Torino.
This is kind of disheartening but looking at the results thus far, this prediction seems to be holding true. Chile’s best performance to [...]
Posted February 20, 2006 in In the News | Comments Off
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced a public open house for the newly remodeled Santiago Chile Temple.
The open house will begin on Saturday, 21 January 2006, and continue through Saturday, 11 February 2006, excluding Sundays. Tours of the temple are available on Monday from 10 a.m. until [...]
Posted January 20, 2006 in Church, In the News | Comments Off
Michele Bachelet has been elected Chile’s first female president. Although she has been leading in the polls for quite some time, it took a runoff election to seal her victory over rival millionaire Sebastian Pinera.
Bachelet now turns to fulfilling her promises made during the campaign. According to the BBC:
Ms Bachelet has promised continuity, as head [...]
Posted January 16, 2006 in In the News | 1 Comment »