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Chile

Chile is situated in the southwestern tip of South America between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean.

Its extensive length (4,200 kilometers, similar to a tour of Europe from Lisbon to Moscow) offers a huge variety of landscapes and climates throughout its territory, from the Atacama Desert -the driest in the world - in the far north to Patagonia’s millennia-old glaciers in the south.

More about Chile

Tourism

Restored plaza sheds light on Chile’s history of immigration

Valparaíso is famous for its many lookouts over the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by David Vega/Flickr)

Once a rubbish-strewn gully, the restored Mirador de Camogli now offers an unique insight into one of Chile’s most historic cities - not to mention a stunning view. 

Daily life

Chilean city revolutionizes town planning after 2010 earthquake

Constitución was devastated by the 2010 earthquake. (Photo by Alex Fuentes/Flickr)

Two years after the devastating natural disaster, Constitución is shaking up reconstruction and urban design by engaging local communities.  

Education

Chilean observatory reveals beauty and value of cosmic dust

Clouds of cosmic dust thread through nebula Messier 78, near Orion’s belt. (Photo courtesy of the Eu

Stunning photo released by the European Southern Observatory’s Atacama Pathfinder Experiment shows stars forming near Orion’s Belt.  

Business

EU opens up Europe for live Chilean oyster and mussels imports

Chile gets the green light to export live shellfish to the European Union. (Photo by Swamibu/Flickr)

The EU has officially allowed live Chilean shellfish to be shipped to the Old Continent, opening fresh opportunities to an already thriving industry.