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Irish Missionary faces damning allegations of child abuse in Chile (IrishCentral)

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:17:58 PST

By: CATHAL DERVAN

A senior Irish Missionary priest is under investigation in Chile after claims that he abused two young men there in the 1980s.

FBI files reveal Ted Kennedy rented a brothel in Chile, 1961 (IrishCentral)

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:24:51 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Irish founders of Chile honored (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:19:39 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Two courageous Irish men who played a vital role in Chile's struggle for independence were honored yesterday with commemorative postal stamps issued in both countries.

The Irish in Chile: Bernardo O'Higgins created the South American country (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:56:18 PDT

By: MARK AXELROD

I have been visiting Chile since 1991 and had learned quite a bit about Bernardo O’Higgins, who had a most significant impact on the politics and culture of Latin America and on Chile in particular.

Chile miner rescue the good news story of the decade - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:25:03 PDT

What human being alive could not feel an enormous surge of humanity and gratitude when miner Florencio Avalaos was brought to the surface from 2,400 feet below the surface in Chile?The hug with his wife and child was the greatest news moment of the year perhaps the decadeThere are indeed times when we are the world, all of us, not countries or continents, but human beings alone on a planetLooking on the face of the young son of Florencio Avalos as he awaited his father's rescue you could not but be touched to the the core of your soul as to the depth of the extraordinary emotion of the families The cries were 'Chile, Chile' but hey just as well may have been for all of humanityWith such a dearth of good news in this world of ours, it was magnificent to see man overcome an incredible challenge such as rescuing miners thousands of feet in the groundWe can only imagine what it was like to spend 69 days under the earth that kept them prisonerFor seventeen of those days they were cut off from the world, alone and completely at the mercy of the operation to rescue them READ MORE

Salsa Verde: The Irish in Chile (IrishCentral)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:37:13 PST

By: Mark Axelrod

Chile and Haiti quake families march in Queens, NY St. Patrick's parade (IrishCentral)

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:02:55 PST

By: PATRICK COOPER

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Chile earthquake begs question of what is happening to our Earth (IrishCentral)

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:20:24 PST

Huge earthquake in Chile, Tsunami threatened, earthquake in Haiti, crazy cold weather in Ireland and the US What is happening to our world?In a word nothing, or at least nothing we can explainOf course the doomsayers say we are bound for perdition, the global warmers will say it is all a sign of impending future disasters, global coolers will point outside their windows and say see it is snowing,therefore no global climate change READ MORE