Nano Stern: Interview
Jul 7th
Fernando Stern, aka Nano Stern, is a young, football-loving, Chilean artist riding the crest of the New Wave of musicians that has emerged in the country in recent years. His style is an Indie-Folclor-Rock fusion; deeply rooted in traditional Chilean mu… more »
Chilean Christian Garin wins Roland Garros Junior finals
Jun 8th
Chilean tennis player Christian Garin (17 years) stormed to victory at the Roland Garros Boy's Singles final today, beating German Alexander Zverev in straight sets (6-4, 6-1), making the rising star only the third Chilean to win a boy's singles finals.… more »
Dead end for new prostate cancer treatment
Jun 6th
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer for males and the fifth most common overall. Prevalence rates are shown in the figure below. Although genes and environmental factors can confer differential risk for individuals, in general 1 in 8 men more »
Was Neruda murdered by Pinochet or the CIA?
Jun 5th
On Saturday a Chilean judge ordered police to begin the hunt for the shadowy 'Doctor Price', believed by prosecution lawyer Eduardo Contreras to be the man responsible for the murder of Chilean Poet Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda.
Four decades after the d… more »
My Virtual Journey Through Chile
Jun 4th
Isabella the virtual traveller begins a new series for Chileno taking us on a thought-provoking viaje of discovery, travelling the length and breadth of the long and thin country. From El Norte Grande to Antartica, from Los Andes to the Pacific Ocean, I… more »
Carlos Hermosilla Álvarez: Transforming Personal Suffering Into Empathy Through Art And Poetry
Jun 2nd
By Liliana Hermosilla Rosenthal, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
Carlos Hermosilla Álvarez (Chile: 1905-1991) was my father’s older brother and a major figure in the history of Chilean art. He was one of the founding professors of the School of Fine Arts, Viñ… more »
Thursday Till Sunday: Award winning Chilean film comes to UK
Jun 1st
Chilean filmmaker Dominga Sotomayor talks to Chileno about her directorial debut feature Thursday Till Sunday. Lauded by critics, the film won her the 2012 Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival and is now showing in the UK.
Thursday Till Sunday i… more »
Javier Echeverria
May 26th
Javier Echeverría holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile. He currently serves as FONDECYT postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratorio de Química Ecológica, Universidad de Chile. His area of expertise is Phytochemistry, and he… more »
Nicotine mummies of Chile
May 25th
In an article to appear in the academic periodical Journal of Archaelogical Science Chilean chemists report their investigation into the consumption of plant-derived hallucinogenic substances through smoking and snuffing in prehispanic indigenous cultur… more »
Michelle Bachelet: Inequality in Chile
May 19th
By Matthew Owens
Centre-left coalition leader and former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet looks for a second Presidential term, focusing on themes of inequality, universal education and tax reform. But have lessons been learned from the previous coa… more »
Chris Moss
May 17th
Chris Moss is a freelance travel writer and former editor at Time Out (2008-2012). He has won sevreal awards including being included as one of the top 50 travel writers in the UK. Chris writes for several outlets including The Guardian, The Telegraph,… more »
Patagonia: Navigating from Natales
May 17th
The moment you cross the border at Rio Turbio you know you’ve left behind a rain shadow. Not, mind you, that it was raining when we crossed… more »
Michelle Bachelet and inequality upsidedownworld
May 9th
As Chilean Presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet begins her campaign, questions arise as to the ability of the center-left coalition to tackle the extreme inequality that plagues the nation. As reported by upsidedownworld.org
Center-left coali… more »
Minimental
Apr 26th
We had a chat with Cristobal Torres, the hands behind the Chilean electronic music that is Minimental, who took time out to speak to chileno about what he's up to at the moment. Cristobal is from Santiago and his style is a mix of progressive trance, te… more »
Marcela de Vivo
Apr 24th
Marcela De Vivo is a freelance writer who lives in California. She was born in Colombia and has traveled all over South America, experiencing regional and national Spanish dialects. She loves writing about travel and languages of all types. Marcela is a… more »
The unique language of Chile
Apr 24th
By Marcela de Vivo
It is often remarked upon how the English spoken by Americans isn’t really “English,” but within the small area of the United Kingdom—or even just England—a diverse range of accents and slang can make one person almost unintelligible… more »
Asociación Ilícita: Book Review
Apr 13th
By Ramona Wadi
Through now revealed secret government documents, Asociación Ilícita: los archivos secretos de la dictadura details the extent of the far-reaching reign of terror imposed by Augosto Pinochet's dictatorship. Ramona Wadi reviews.
Re-enac… more »
Ramona Wadi
Apr 13th
Ramona Wadi is a freelance writer, book reviewer and blogger based in Malta specialising in the struggle for memory against dictatorship oblivion in Chile, la nueva cancion chilena, Palestine, international relations and revolutionary philosophy. She wr… more »
Termas de Chillán; chilly, but fiery.
Apr 7th
By Charlie Holland
Located in the picturesque Southern Andes of Chile, this ski resort caters for Latin Americans and also for those from further afield. It is one of the biggest ski resorts in South America and boasts the longest ski slope in the whol… more »
Journey Latin America
Mar 5th
We are delighted to introduce one of Chileno's new sponsors, Journey Latin America, the UK's Nº1 specialist in travel to Central and South America. Read on to find out more about the online company and click here to view their magazine and browse their… more »
Poverty by regions in Chile
Mar 2nd
Here we explore the poverty rates in Chile by region. The data were collected as part of the 2011 Casen Survey in Chile and reveal some striking regional variations in rates.
The data are presented using Google fusion tables. Download the fusion tabl… more »
