Standring, Flint to wed Jun 8, 2008
Standring served in Porto, Portugal, and Flint served in Rancagua, Chile. After the wedding, the couple will reside in Provo, Utah. (Daily Triplicate)
Tap ’er Light: ’Diggers unveil secret weapon Apr 1, 2008
I cannot see at all, de Jesus said through a translator last week in a phone interview from his hometown of Rancagua, Chile ... De Jesus was a youth soccer star in Rancagua as a boy ... The largest underground copper mine in the world is just outside Rancagua, which is 54 miles south of Santiago. (Montana Standard, MT)
* Chilean demo turns violent Aug 31, 2007
The country's top union leader, Central Workers Union chief Arturo Martinez, said he organized the protest -- which was also extended to the cities of Valparaiso, Rancagua and Concepcion -- as a challenge to Bachelet. Martinez said the president was mishandling the economy and had failed to keep her campaign promise of shrinking the gap between the haves and have-nots, which according to UN figures is the region's second largest behind Brazil. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Striking miners clash with police in Chile Jun 26, 2007
Striking an copper miners on Monday burnt vehicles, attacked a tollbooth and clashed with police near the city of Rancagua in a dispute over pay and working conditions, police said. The miners burnt buses, a truck and a police vehicle in a series of incidents on the road linking the Los Maitenes mining complex to Rancagua ... More than one thousand workers marched to the Heroes Square in Rancagua and were holding a meeting there to discuss future steps of the movement. (People's Daily Online, China)
Sun to pursue global growth with stake in Chilean firm Mar 20, 2007
Its customers will come mainly from the cities of Santiago and Rancagua, with a total population of more than 6 million. The area is the industrial and financial centre of Chile, accounting for 45 percent of its gross domestic product. (Business Report, South Africa)
