The police in Santiago have raided the home and offices of a lawyer representing a Roman Catholic priest found guilty by the Vatican of sexually molesting boys. The authorities seized documents related to the church case for a criminal investigation, a police spokeswoman, Lorena Quiroz, confirmed Tuesday. A judge ordered the raid after Juan Pablo...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- National pride and brand expansion made a happy alliance at Lollapalooza Chile, this country's first full-scale international rock festival and the first Lollapalooza festival held outside the United States. For two days and nights, more than 50 acts performed on five stages in O'Higgins Park, Santiago's equivalent of Central...
LIKE the on-again, off-again construction of the city's Costanera Center, which will include South America's tallest skyscraper, Santiago is reaching for the skies while progress moves forward in fits and starts, thanks in part to natural disasters like the 8.8 magnitude quake that rocked the country last year. Still, there's a spirit of enterprise...
Santiago de Chile er Chiles hovedstad. Der er omtrent 7,5 millioner indbyggere i byen, hvilket svarer til 46 % af Chiles befolkning
Den positive økonomiske udvikling i Chile siden Augusto Pinochets fald er primært foregået i Santiago, der er blandt de rigeste byer i Latinamerika. I perioden 1992-2007 blev der opført byggeri på mere end 40 mio. etagemeter.
Den offentlige transport i santiago er domineret af dels Metro de Santiago, der har ca. 2,5 mio. daglige passagerer, dels af bussystemet Transantiago der blev introduceret i 2007.