China space project investigated by Newsweek illegal, Chile says

In Chile there are state-of-the-art telescopes, perfect conditions for astronomers. A construction project could now worsen them. European astronomers are appalled.

Gunmen attack Chinese-owned power plant site in Chile

The Rucalhue power plant is being built by Rucalhue Energia Spa, a unit of China International Water and Electric Corporation, and is projected to cost $350 million.

Santiago. At least 47 trucks and five backhoes were burned yesterday morning by armed hoods who attacked the facilities of a hydroelectric plant under construction in the Biobío region of southern Chile, one of the three where the conflict for the recovery of ancestral lands between the Mapuche people and the Chilean State takes place.

China space project investigated by Newsweek illegal, Chile says

A joint space observatory involving a Chinese organization is not legal, the Chilean government has said.

Gunmen attack Chinese-owned hydroelectric plant in Chile, burn equipment and injure guards

SANTIAGO, April 21 — Gunmen attacked a Chinese-owned hydroelectric plant under construction in Chile yesterday, setting fire to dozens of trucks and heavy earth-moving equipment, police said. The Rucalhue power plant is being built by Rucalhue Energia Spa, a unit of China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE), and is projected to cost US$350 million (RM1.5 billion). It is being built along the Biobio, one of Chile’s main rivers, and…

The attack resulted in the destruction of 45 trucks and five machinery, in addition to leaving two guards in the compound with minor injuries.