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...most likely location of the telescope is Las Campanas, Chile, where the Magellan telescopes are already located and the Carnegie Observatories have worked for 20 years. Chile’s high altitude and dry weather make it one of the better locations from which to observe outer space, Alcock said...
...President Hu Jintao proved himself a master of manners. Rule 1: never go to a host's house empty-handed. Hu announced more than $30 billion worth of long-term contracts and new investments in Central and South America, and his newfound friends returned the favors: Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru said they recognized China as a "market economy"?not a developing one?strengthening China's bid for better trade terms from the World Trade Organization. Hu's largesse included...
...CHILE Talks on a free-trade pact
...that Chinese goods continue to be relatively cheap in American stores, which contributes to the U.S.'s massive trade deficit with Beijing (although China's global-trading account is roughly in balance). So at every opportunity (most recently at last weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Santiago, Chile), U.S. officials take the chance to jawbone the Chinese into letting the RMB appreciate in value...
Advocates of partly privatized Social Security point to a system of personal savings accounts in Chile that is widely regarded as a success. In contrast to Britain's plan, Chile's is compulsory and presents workers with only a handful of conservative, income-oriented investment options. The architect of Chile's plan, José Piñera, is now a co-chairman of the Cato Institute's Project on Social Security Choice and has conferred with Bush on the subject...