Chile's President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill Wednesday that seeks to ban plastic bags in more than 100 coastal areas in a bid to halt the accumulation of ocean plastic.
Bachelet said the move was aimed at "taking care of our marine ecosystems."
"Our fish are dying from plastics ingestion or strangulation, it's a task in which everyone must collaborate,"Read more
Chile's socialist president Michelle Bachelet on Thursday signed into law landmark legislation to decriminalize abortion in certain cases, ending a strict ban in effect for decades.
Parliament passed the bill last month after more than two years of wrangling and a constitutional court challenge brought by conservatives opposed to the reform.
"We, the women of Chile, have conquered or regainedRead more
The worst wildfires in Chile's modern history are ravaging wide swaths of the country's central-south regions, as a massive Boeing 747-400 Super Tanker arrived on Wednesday on loan from the United States to help extinguish the blazes.
"We have never seen something of this size, never in Chile's history. And the truth is the (firefighting) forces are doing everything thatRead more