Tag: Chilean

Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his first steps in Chilean zoo

Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost-endangered species. The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, two weeks ago marked the third time that a white rhino had ever been born in South America. The Buin Zoo in Chile’s capital of Santiago unveiled Silverio […]

Chilean meeting in Antarctica issues message to Russia over territory

Defence officials from Chile met at the bottom of the planet on Thursday in a bid to bolster territorial claims in Antarctica as tensions escalate over Russia’s manoeuvres in the polar region. Members of Chile’s parliamentary defence committee flew to a desolate air base for a meeting billed as an assertion of national sovereignty. Singling […]

Former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter accident

Sebastian Pinera, the two-time former president of Chile died on Tuesday in a helicopter accident, aged 74. Chilean interior minister Carolina Toha confirmed the death of the former president on Tuesday evening. No further details were immediately released about the cause of the incident. Serving as president from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 […]