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Last tuesday, Nicolas Gabilan a music student from Universidad de Chile coming from Hualpen won "Pasapalabra" and recieved the biggest prize ever given in a Chilean game show, 396 million chilean pesos. But he didn't manage to achieve this without effort, he was in the show forty episodes before winning. Nicolas stated that he wanted to buy an apartment in Concepcion with the prize and also travel around Chile.

Maripán to As Monaco The chilean defender is counting his days in Alavés, his actual team. Many rumours and french newspapers are talking about that As Monaco has payed 18.000.000 dollars to the spanish team. This will be a great movement for Maripán, because As Monaco is a great team and pay a lot. Now the Fifa stop is coming, and Maripán will come tu Chile to play with his teammates for the national team.

The Amazon jungle has been burning for 18 days, with fires that have caused an ecological and public health tragedy, in the region that comprises much of the central and northern territory of South America. The situation has been declared as a 'state of environmental emergency' that can cause complications for the inhabitants of that territory, who could be affected by respiratory diseases. According to the National Space Research Institute (INPE) of Brazil, forest fires have increased 83 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2018. The agency has registered 72,843 fires, the highest number since Records began in 2013.

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for the past 17 days at a record rate   . Earlier this month, Brazil declared a state of emergency over the rising number of fires in the region. So far this year, almost 73,000 fires have been detected by Brazil's space research center, INPE.  Ricardo Galvão, the director of the INPE, was fired Aug. 2 after defending data that showed deforestation was 88% higher in June than it was a year ago, CNN reported.  The fire was started in order to clear out the land for farming and cattle raising, f or that reason, a vast majority of the fires can be attributed to humans, Christian Poirier, program director of the nonprofit Amazon Watch, told CNN.  The Amazon belongs to Brazil and European countries can mind their own business because they have already destroyed their own environment, said Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who also described his own government’s satellite data showing an alarming rise in deforestation a...

Pablo Migliore is a former Argentine archer, known for his controversies on and off the court. Currently, he is venturing into boxing and it was there that he was asked about which player he would like to face in the ring. At that moment he remembered an old "friend." "Gary Medel The rivalry with the Chilean was born in 2010, when the "Pitbull" played in Boca and Migliore in San Lorenzo. Medel dated Gabriela Acosta, model and former goalkeeper's girlfriend, which did not please the Argentine. They even exchanged ideas in an unfriendly way in a match where their rivality become bigger .

After winning the T.V. show Pasapalabra, Nicolas Gavilan will have to pay a lot of money in taxes. After staying 53 emissions of the show Pasapalabra, finally he won the biggest price ever given (300 million pesos), for answering well the 25 questions of the "Rosco". But nevertheless, he will have to pay a incredible high amount in taxes for winning the price. He will have to pay the amount of 35% of all the price he won, near 140 million pesos.

8 Aug 2019 Macaulay Culkin laughs at the remake of "My poor little angel" - Europa Press Agency Disney prepares a remake of My poor little angel, one of the most popular movies of the 90s starring Macaulay Culkin. Many years have passed since the young man conquered the spectators with his interpretation, but the actor has not hesitated to give his peculiar opinion about the new version that Disney announced. 20TH CENTURY FOX Culkin has shared on social networks his vision of the new My poor little angel, which Disney has described as a "reimagined version for a new generation".

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A gunman opened fire with an assault-style rifle in a crowded Walmart on the city's east side.  In addition to the 22 fatalities, 24 people were injured in the shooting. Eight Mexican nationals were among the dead and the victims' ages range from 15 to 90. The man was identified as Patrick Crusius, a resident of the city of Allen, in the Dallas area, which is about 650 miles (1,046km) east of El Paso. He purchased the weapon legally, police say, and was able to carry it into the Walmart because of the state's "open carry" laws. The 21-year old has been charged with capital murder, meaning he could face the death penalty. This has caused a lot of controversy because the country’s gun control laws. Do you think The United States should change their laws? What’s more important: self-protection or insuring the safety of others? Is it perhaps too easy to acquire guns in the States?

Last Tuesday, a house in the city of Valparaiso in Chile collapsed and left at least 2 dead and the number raising everyday, along with several injured. Fireman are working along with authorities in order to remove the rubble and search for more injured or dead. The exact cause is unknown, but the number of people that were in the building at the moment of the collapse and the bad infrastructure of the city might be what caused the accident. The city, which is a UNESCO world heritage site, has suffered several catastrophes along the years, with a great number of fires in recent memory. This accidents are due to poor infrastructure and the lack of resources the city has to repair the old houses. This situation happens even thought the port that is located close to the city brings a lot of money to the country. What do you think about the lack of support for cities such as Valparaiso? Is is fair to have a city that is falling apart while all the money that it produces goes to anoth...

METALLICA IS COMING TO CHILE Atención fans of Metallica, the band is coming to Chile next year in April. This will be the first time that Metallica will play for the first time in the National Stadium, they are not coming alone, Greta Van Fleet will be singing before Metallica. The tickets will be available this monday 19 from 10 am in Puntoticket.cl and the cheapest tickets will cost 74.000 chilean pesos. It will be a great show.

After finishing the four days of golf tied in 269 strokes, the representatives of Paraguay (Fabrizio Zanotti), Chile (Guillermo Pereira) and Guatemala (José Manuel Toledo) had to go to a tiebreaker hole to determine in what order to finish these Pan American Games. In the tiebreak the Paraguayan Zanotti scored with a pair, while the Chilean Pereira and the Guatemalan Toledo recorded a blow on the pair, which made Fabrizio Zanotti the Pan-American champion, and sending Toledo and Pereira to another tiebreaker hole to define the silver and bronze medalists. The definition between the Chilean and the Guatemalan was a separate story, and finally after disputing a dozen modifications, it was José Manuel Toledo the silver medalist, and Guillermo "Mito" Pereira who controlled the bronze. With this prize, Team Chile closed its participation in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima with 50 medals to its credit, of which 13 were gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze medals. Simply spectacular...

An american volunteer against malnutrition in Uganda will face trial for the deaths of more than 100 children. It all started in 2009, when the citizen of the state of Virgina founded her non-profit organization called "Serving His Children (SHC)" in the town of Jinja in order to "help serve those suffering from severe and moderate acute malnutrition". However, it appears that during the years of help, the young woman carried out several medical tasks for which she was not authorized, having no studies in the area or a license to do the procedures that were commonly practiced within the organization, such as intravenous hydration, oxygenation and even blood transfusions. In the accusation, he was held responsible for the death of 105 children in his care despite the fact that other activists claim that this number would be higher, but only due to lack of resources, a class action lawsuit could not be filed,

Miley and Liam after a year of being married got separated because Miley declared her pansexual, it  means she likes people, she don’t care about the gender, she is atrracted to people beyond their sex. This was a shock to the society because this couple was very loved. Now Miley is dating a girl and Liam is single.

The Lollapalooza’s early bird started. Every year, lollapalooza puts on sale tickets with really low prices but it is because the guest artists are not yet known. This sale is very convenient because besides it is cheap, if you don't like guest artists, you can sell your ticket at a higher price. The “Early bird” sale began on August 12 and is already sold out due to its popularity and convenience.

Dollar increases in a 19% in ONE DAY afyer the primary elections in Argentina:  After Alberto Fernandez got the 47,6% of the votes, beating Mauricio Macri ( who got 32% ) and Roberto Lavagna, the price of the dollar, that was being pretty even on the last days, increased in a 19% where the sale price passed from 46,2 Argentinan pesos to 55 argentinan pesos ( in fact the price reached 59 pesos in some banks ).

Amid large political and ecological conflicts, Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in 12 hours. 2019-08-08  Amid large political and ecological conflicts, Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in 12 hours Dejected by huge ethnic conflicts, plagued by poverty and by an environmental crisis that does not give truce, Ethiopia has risen and has broken the world record of tree planting in a single day.I think this contributes a lot to the environment

The Metropolitan Intendant confirms that the anti-migration protest wasn´t  authorized The intendant of the Metropolitan region, Karla Rubilar, confirmed this during a press conference saying: “There was a spirit of violence, of confrontation that we cannot allow”. Also she told the media that the protest was going to be realized the day when the "Kids Day" is celebrated, making it even more dangerous, because lots of people would be in the streets during that day. The most dangerous characteristic of this protest was that the leaders were calling up to come to the protest with guns, and have no fear in case that they would need to use them. In case it also occurs, all the preventions will be taken, in relation with the police, to mantain the order of the streets.

"Panic and fear" when landing in Valencia a British plane with one of the engines on fire Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 11:37 Nineteen people were slightly injured after a British Airways plane landed at Manises (Valencia) airport with fire on one of the engines, according to official government sources. Three of the minor injuries had to be taken to the hospital after being poisoned with the smoke from the fire but have already been discharged. what happened was very dangerous since the engine could have exploded and could have resulted in serious injuries.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will be made form recycled electronic devices, a first for the olympics. During a recycling campaign people handed in a total of 78,985 tons of electronic devices. Precious metals are then extracted and with these the 5,000 medals for the olympics and paralympics are going to be made.  I think this is a very intelligent and innovative way of recycling, what do you think?

A video recorded by an employee from the restaurant La Piccola Italia was published. In the video we can see the boss of the restaurant yelling at him and the other employees using bad words and being very agressive. The employee said on an interview that once he was punched by his boss and he had suffered abuse from him several times. There are no news about what happened after the release of the video but seems to be something important and clearly are no good conditions for a work environment

Russian opposition leader accuses Russian Government of poisoning him. Yesterday, Alexei Navalni, the leader of the Russian opposition presented a formal lawsuit against the Russian Government for poisoning and attempt of murder. According to his lawyer this actions occurred during his 30-day prison sentence for organizing illegal strikes, specifically during Sunday morning during an opposition strike in the streets of Moscow that left 70 injured and more than 1000 arrested. Because of this, his lawyer demanded a toxicology investigation for his client and all of the security tapes that could be helpful for the case. Personally, I believe that Alexei, was indeed poisoned because it's not the first time something like this happens during the last years in Russia and I think that is a shame that the Russian Government auto proclaim themselves as a democracy after events like poisoning, illegal arrests and use of excessive force.