Why Air Quality in Santiago Is Worse in Wintertime
Despite the increase in air quality in the Metropolitan Region of Chile due to Covid-19, winter is on the way and with it the promise...
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Three Weeks Without Water: The Crisis in Puerto Octay
LOS LAGOS – Potable water is now available in Puerto Octay. Residents had been banned from drinking their tap water for nearly three weeks after...
Quintero doesn’t stand alone: over hundred other conflict zones in Chile
SANTIAGO – Numbers released this week by the National Institute for Human Rights (INDH) in Chile show that the disaster in Quintero is far from...
Health dangers over contamination causes air pollution alert in Santiago
SANTIAGO – Santiago’s metropolitan intendancy decreed an environmental alert due to a high level of air pollution. This measure comes after evaluating air quality reported...
Coyhaique: officially the most contaminated city in Chile
COYHAIQUE – Having major problems with contamination, the city of Coyhaique now has been presented with the not so honorable title of ´Most contaminated city...