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Tarapacá Migrant Crisis
In 2021, Tarapacá Region in northern Chile saw an unprecedented movement of foreign migrants into its territory. The Altiplano town of Colchane along the border with Bolivia has been the irregular point of entry of an estimate of 18,000 Venezuelan migrants and about 3,000 Bolivian migrants up to September. The border crossed by most migrants is arid, cold and lies at 3,600 meters above sea level. This route is chosen since the more direct, and less harsh route across the Chile–Peru border is better guarded. Migrants are aided in the crossing by human smugglers. By February 2021 the cost for a family to be crossed into Chile was between 200 and US$500. Migrants have been accused by the alcalde of Colchane and local residents of acting violently by forcing themselves into inhabited houses of Colchane, engaging in theft and occupying public spaces. Reportedly by February 2021 1,600 migrants had arrived to the commune of Colchane in a brief time. Of these migrants, 400 Venezuelan ...
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Colchane
Colchane is a Chilean village and commune in Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region. The commune is located in the Andean altiplano, bordering Bolivia. It also includes the localities of Isluga, Enquelga, Cariquima and Chijo. Demographics According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute, Colchane had 1,728 inhabitants (995 men and 733 women), and it is entirely rural. The total population grew by 4,79% (79 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 censuses. However, broken down by sex, only the male population increased (85 more men), while the female population decreased (6 fewer women). It has the country's highest rate of people living under the poverty line at 34.56% (Encuesta Casen, 2006). Administration As a commune, Colchane is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Colchane is represented in the Chamber of Deputie ...
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ADN Radio Chile
ADN (In English: DNA) (acronym: ''Actualidad, Deportes, Noticias'', in English: ''News,'' ''Sports, News'') is a Chilean radio station that broadcasts on 91.7 MHz FM in Santiago, Chile. ADN transmits across the entire country on channel 669 (with D-Box) of the cable operator VTR and via the internet worldwide. The station's voiceover is Fernando Solís Lara. The station's signal reaches nearly all the national territory through 34 frequencies and is the only radio news network that transmits on the Easter Island. The station combines contemporary adult music, news, sports, and current events, which makes it popular among a younger audience. Its target listeners are between the ages of 25 and 45. ADN prides themselves on journalistic integrity, made possible by contributors Mauricio Hofmann, Mirna Schindler, Andrea Aristegui, Antonio Quinteros, Iván Núñez, Eduardo Fuentes Silva, Andrea Hoffmann, Sandra Zeballos, Carlos Costas, Francisco Mouat, Juan Cristóbal Guarello, V ...
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Chilenization Of Tacna, Arica And Tarapacá
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Univision
Univision () is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes telenovelas and other drama series, sports, sitcoms, reality and variety series, news programming, and imported Spanish-language feature films. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its major studios, production facilities, and business operations based in Doral, Florida (near Miami). Univision is available on pay television providers throughout most of the United States, with local stations in over 60 markets with large Latin American communities. Most of these stations air full local newscasts and other local programming in addition to network shows; in major markets such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City, the local newscasts carried by the network's owned-and-operated st ...
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Business Insider
''Business Insider'' (stylized in all caps: BUSINESS INSIDER; known from 2021 to 2023 as INSIDER) is a New York City–based multinational financial and business news website founded in 2007. Since 2015, a majority stake in ''Business Insider''s parent company Insider Inc. has been owned by the international publishing house Axel Springer. It operates several international editions, including one in the United Kingdom. ''Insider'' publishes original reporting and aggregates material from other outlets. it maintained a liberal policy on the use of anonymous sources. It has also published native advertising and granted sponsors editorial control of its content. The outlet has been nominated for several awards, but has also been criticized for using factually incorrect clickbait headlines to attract viewership. In 2015, Axel Springer SE acquired 88 percent of the stake in Insider Inc. for $343 million (€306 million), implying a total valuation of $442 million. From ...
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Venezuelan Bolívar
The bolívar is the official currency of Venezuela. Named after the hero of South American independence Simón Bolívar, it was introduced by President Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Guzman Blanco via the monetary reform of 1879, before which the Venezuelan venezolano, venezolano was circulating. Due to its decades-long reliance on Silver standard, silver and gold standards, and then on a Fixed exchange rate system, peg to the United States dollar, it was long considered among the most stable currencies. Since 1983, the currency has experienced a prolonged period of high inflation, losing value almost 500-fold against the US dollar in the process. The depreciation became manageable in the mid-2000s, but it still stayed in double digits. It was then, on 1 January 2008, that the hard bolívar (''bolívar fuerte'' in Spanish, currency sign, sign: Bs.F, ISO 4217, code: VEF) replaced the original bolívar (currency sign, sign: Bs; ISO 4217, code: VEB) at a rate of Bs.F 1 to Bs. 1, ...
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Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ...
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Radio Bío-Bío
Radio Bío-Bío is a Chilean radio station with broad coverage in Chile. It covers news, sports, music, economics, and international relations. The station was founded in 1966 in Concepción. In the 1990s it began to expand across the country. The first additional stations were in southern Chile in Temuco, Osorno and Puerto Montt, and Santiago in 1997. One of the main stations is operated in Lonquimay in the Cordillera of the Andes in the Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Temuco; other important cities .... This station, Bío Bío Lonquimay, was established in 1995 in an isolated area and provides radio service for a mainly indigenous community. Today, Radio Bio-Bio operates on 40 frequencies around the country, with 8 autonomous stations nationwide. It is the only completely ...
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Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol ( , ; stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest international police organization. It is headquartered in Lyon, France, with seven regional bureaus worldwide, and a National Central Bureau in all 196 member states. The organization today known as Interpol was founded on 7 September 1923 at the close of a five-day International Police Congress in Vienna as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC); it adopted many of its current duties throughout the 1930s. After coming under Nazism, Nazi control in 1938, the agency had its headquarters in the same building as the Gestapo. It was effectively stagnant until the end of World War II. In 1956, the ICPC adopted a new constitution and the name Interpol, derived from its telegraphic address used since 19 ...
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Investigations Police Of Chile
Investigations Police of Chile (, PDI) are the civilian police of Chile. Founded in 1933, it is one of two Chilean police bodies, along with the law enforcement police: Carabineros de Chile. The PDI is the principal law enforcement arm of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Chile in criminal investigation. History 19th century The first reference to police work in Chile is in the Police Regulation of 1803, where the terms "high police" and "public security" are used.Roberto Hernández Ponce; Jule Salazar González. "De la Policía Secreta a la Policía Científica" (2006, Santiago de Chile) Then, in 1830, the ''Vigilantes'' and ''Serenos Corps'' of Santiago were created, whose work was followed throughout the country. In 1852 the ''Brigada de Policía'' was created in Santiago, where the ''Vigilantes'' and ''Serenos Corps'' were merged. In the 1870s, the mayor of the city of Santiago, Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna proposed modelling the ''Brigada de Policía'' on the ''Agent de la Sà ...
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Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving individuals through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. This exploitation may include forced labor, sexual slavery, or other forms of commercial sexual exploitation. It is considered a serious violation of human rights and a form of modern slavery. Efforts to combat human trafficking involve international laws, national policies, and Non-governmental organization, non-governmental organizations. Human trafficking can occur both within a single country or across national borders. It is distinct from people smuggling, which involves the consent of the individual being smuggled and typically ends upon arrival at the destination. In contrast, human trafficking involves exploitation and a lack of consent, often through force, fraud, or coercion. Human trafficking is widely condemned as a violation of human rights by international agreements such as the United Nat ...
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Tren De Aragua
Tren de Aragua (; English: Aragua Train) is a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela. Tren de Aragua is led by Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias ""; he was incarcerated in Tocorón prison (also known as Aragua Penitentiary Center), which functioned at the time as the organization's ''de facto'' headquarters. The gang has expanded throughout Latin America and the United States with the mass migration of Venezuelans fleeing the regime of President Nicolás Maduro. Combating the gang has become a priority for many nations where Tren de Aragua operates. Though Tocorón prison was taken over by Venezuelan security forces in 2023, the leadership escaped. On 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order initiating the process of designating various drug cartels and transnational gangs, including Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The designation took effect on 20 February 2025. In March 2025, the Trump administration ordere ...
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