Latest Chile Stories
Holiday meals can be as colorful as the tree and the trimmings with recipes made with nutritious summer-fresh fruits from Chile. Tasty and festive side dishes featuring fresh Chilean fruits add color, flavor and cheer to all seasonal celebrations. Sonoma, CA (PRWEB) December 04, 2012 Holiday meals can be as colorful as the tree and the trimmings with recipes made with nutritious summer-fresh fruits from Chile. Tasty and festive side dishes featuring fresh Chilean fruits add color, flavor...
European Southern Observatory (ESO) On 13 March 2013 the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the largest ground-based astronomical project in the world, will be inaugurated, celebrating ALMA’s transition from a construction project to a fully fledged observatory and marking the milestone of all the major systems of the observatory being operational. More than 50 of ALMA’s antennas will be in operation, and all 66 will be fully assembled. The inauguration ceremony will...
NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A select group of high-ranking members of the New York wine industry gathered yesterday at an educational seminar hosted by Wines of Chile to explore a portfolio of remarkable wines representative of Chile's diverse terroir. The aptly named Vinos de Terroir provided an in-depth perspective of the country's environmental conditions and the impact of the region's unique and complex geographic features on Chile's wine production. (Photo:...
(under IFRS and all amounts in US dollars unless otherwise stated) TSX: AXY VANCOUVER, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) ("Alterra") today provided an update on its operations and reported its financial and operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2012 ("the current quarter"). For further information on these results please see Alterra's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements ("consolidated results") and...
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation ("White Mountain" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: WMTM - News) reports that Dr. Daniel Jewell, main post-Doctoral researcher from Chinuka, won the Best Paper Prize at Titanium 2012, Atlanta, Georgia for his paper "The Chinuka Process: Electroextraction-refining". The Chinuka Process (the "Process") was invented at the University of Cambridge in 2005 and allows impure metal oxides to be reduced...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Electricity demand in the Interconnected Electrical System of Central Chile is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7 percent and the Interconnected Electrical System of Northern Chile, at 3.4 percent during 2012-2016. This sustained demand, along with the boom in the country's mining industry, has brightened the prospects of stake holders in the Chilean electricity market. New analysis from Frost &...
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Foods From Chile (FoodsFromChile.org) launches a yearlong multimedia U.S. campaign that announces with great fanfare a simple message: Fresh Chilean summer food has arrived, just in time for winter. And Chilean food is bountiful in the U.S.: Nearly one billion pounds of fresh fruit are shipped to North America each year from Chile Every day, 7 million people eat fresh Chilean salmon 80% of imported cherries in the U.S. are from Chile...
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mexico Ministry of Tourism acknowledged the joint work of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior and of their counterparts in Colombia in Peru towards the lifting of visa regulations between the countries of the Pacific Alliance, as a measure towards strengthening the international competitiveness of Mexico's tourism industry. The Pacific Alliance is an integration mechanism with the participation of Chile, Colombia,...
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportech Racing, LLC, a division of Sportech PLC (LSE: SPO), announces the completion of key sales to the two major thoroughbred racetracks in Chile - Club Hipico de Santiago and Sociedad Hipodromo Chile - further strengthening the company's position in South America. Chile now joins Jockey Club Argentina and Jockey Club Peru as the third Sportech customer in South America deploying a Quantum(TM) System. (Logo:...
ATLANTA and SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Comercial Depor Ltda, exclusive wholesaler to all sporting goods retailers in Chile for major sporting brands, such as Converse, Ocean Pacific, Penn and Umbro, have begun implementation of LogFire Cloud-based supply chain solutions to support this highly visible omni-channel operation. Comercial Depor has been operating in Chile for over eight years as a wholesale distributor and as a retailer through their own company branded...
Latest Chile Reference Libraries
The elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys elegans) can be found in Chile and possibly Argentina at altitudes between sea level and 8,202 feet. It prefers a wide variety of habitats including brushlands, riverbanks, and cloud forests. This species occurs in arid habitats, which is not typical to mouse opossums. The elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum can reach an average body length of up to 4.7 inches, with a tail length between 4.5 and 5.5 inches. The fur color of this species varies...
Image Caption: Chilean Sea Urchin, Loxechinus albus. Credit: Dentren/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) The Chilean sea urchin (Loxechinus albus) is a species that can be found along the coastlines of Chile and Peru. It is typically found in shallow waters at or below the tide level, buried in sand or lying just on top of it. This species is often associated with Macrocystis pyrifera, a type of kelp. It is most often found in more open spaces. The Chilean sea urchin can reach an average width of...
Darwin’s fox (Lycalopex fulvipes), also known as Darwin's Zorro, is a small “false fox” in the Lycalopex genus. It is locally know as Zorro de Darwin or the Zorro Chilote. Its range is small and includes the Nahuelbuta National Park in Chile and Chiloé Island. It is thought that this species prefers a habitat in southern temperate rainforests, a habitat on which it is highly dependent. Darwin’s fox was first discovered by Charles Darwin in 1834 while he was on the Beagle survey...
The marine otter (Lontra feline) is a member of the weasel family, and can be found in South America. It prefers a habitat in rocky coastal areas, with a range that includes the entire coastline of Chile and extends to southern Peru and Argentina. It has been found on the Falkland Islands, but individuals here do not represent a constant population. Unlike other species of otter, the marine otter chooses to live near waters with high winds and swells. It may use caves and crevices as dens,...
The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a rarely seen wild cat that can be found in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina. This cat shares a range with the Pampas cat, and it is thought to be thinly spread, with low genetic diversity. It prefers a habitat in montane forests with plenty of water, at elevations between 11,500 and 15,700 feet. The Andean mountain cat is small, reaching an average body length between twenty-two and twenty-five inches, with a tail length of up to nineteen...
