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☆ Chile's Jara leads campaign for prostate testing eight years after "finger of god"
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoAug 5 (Reuters) - Chilean defender Gonzalo Jara, widely remembered for sticking his finger up Uruguay's Edinson Cavani's backside at the 2015 Copa America, has become the face of a campaign to promote prostate testing for cancer prevention in his country. Jara's gesture, dubbed "the finger of god", earned him a three-match suspension, which ruled him out from the rest of the tournament. "With that in mind, and to take care of an important member of this great football family, we take advantage of this Superclasico to make a call for prevention and self-care of prostate cancer." The 37-year-old Jara has won 115 international caps and is with Coquimbo in Chile's top flight after stints in England, Germany, Argentina and Mexico. Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sandro Ricci, Chile's Gonzalo Jara, Ivan Alvarado, Gonzalo Jara, Jara, Francisca Mora, Dr Bruno Nervi, Janina Nuno Rios, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: America, REUTERS, Copa, Argentina, TNT, Universidad de Chile, Colo Colo, Warner Bros, Chile Sin Cancer, Thomson Locations: Santiago , Chile, Chilean, Chile, Uruguay, Jara, Coquimbo, Chile's, England, Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Mexico City

☆ Climate change and El Niño have left parts of South America sweltering under a heat wave -- in the middle of winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Parts of South America are sweltering under abnormally hot temperatures – despite being in the depths of winter – as the combination of human-caused climate change and the arrival of El Niño feed into extreme winter heat. “This temperature is the highest recorded in this period in all of Chile,” a spokesperson for the Meteorological Directorate of Chile told CNN. Ivan Alvarado/ReutersIn Argentina, some places reached highs of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4), according to the country’s national meteorological service. This smashed the previous record for that day of 24.6 degrees Celsius (76.3 Fahrenheit) set in 1942. For comparison, New Orleans’ average high the first week of February is also 18 degrees Celsius, and the city has never been above 28.3 degrees Celsius in the first week of February.

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☆ Chile readies major earthquake insurance with World Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] A damaged car lies on debris after an earthquake hit areas of central Chile, in Coquimbo city, north of Santiago, Chile, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File PhotoSANTIAGO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Chile is finalizing a deal with the World Bank for insurance against high-intensity earthquakes that would impact the country's fiscal policy and public debt, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. "The specific conditions of the insurance will be disclosed once this financial operation is completed, which would eventually occur in the coming weeks." The government said that studies to design different financial insurance structures with the World Bank - through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)- began in June 2022. Chile is prone to earthquakes as it is located in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.

☆ Chilean authorities find body of missing British astronomer
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SANTIAGO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Chilean authorities on Thursday said they found the body of a British astronomer who went missing in mid-September at an observatory in the north of the country, where he had arrived for a scientific research visit. Authorities conducted an extensive search for Thomas Marsh, of the University of Warwick, across a vast area of the La Silla observatory, located in an arid, mountainous area 600 kilometers (373 miles) north of Chile's capital, Santiago. "After an intense search by a multidisciplinary team police officers (...) found the lifeless body of an astronomer missing since September 16," the police unit in the northern region of Coquimbo said on its Twitter account. The La Silla observatory is located on the southern edge of the Atacama Desert, about 2,400 meters (7,874 feet) above sea level. Northern Chile is a global hub for astronomical observation due to the quality of its skies.

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