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Any form of plastic bags other than those constituting primary packaging “necessary for hygiene or to prevent food wastage” is prohibited. Large businesses have six months to phase out the use of plastic bags, while smaller ones will be given two years to adapt to the new rules. In the meantime the shops will only be allowed to hand out two carrier bags per customer Chile uses more than 3.4 billon plastic bags a year, which translates to almost 200 bags per person annually.

On August the 17th,    Chilean police have arrested two men over bomb threats that led to the disruption of several flights in Chile, Peru and Argentina.  The p lanes allegedly planted with bombs had to be diverted after taking off from Santiago’s airport. The threats turned out to be fake. The flights were forced to make emergency landings without telling the passengers the real reason of them so they would not freak out. A 29 year old chilean men was arrested because the evidence marked him. His charges were for making threats of explosives contrary to national security legislation. Hundreds of passengers were grounded with their luggage at the airport after the threats to LATAM Airlines and SKY Airlines. 

Two tourists from Chile are facing the death penalty in Malaysia for allegedly murdering a man in a hotel for past one year. Felipe Osiadacz and Fernando Candia are on trial over the killing of a Malaysian in the lobby of the Kuala Lumpur hotel in August last year, less than 24 hours after they arrived in the country on holiday.  Both men say that they are not guilty and tried to self-defend themselves. They said that it all was an accident and that it was not on purpose, but anyways, Malaysia has a mandatory death penalty for murder, so they should be hanged. The trial resumes on September 24th.

On Thursday 30th, a large fire started in a stockpile of disused tires of the “Famaprica” Company, located in the sector of Rinconada, in the municipality of Maipú. It was estimated that 3.000 tires were on fire this Thursday morning. 32 people were evacuated and 3 volunteers with minor injuries were reported. It is believed that the fire was intentional and the Mayor said authorities will take legal action against those who are responsible.

According to the study "violence in couple relationships" carried out by INJUV (Instituto Nacional de la Juventud), 34% of young people, between 15 and 29 years old, have suffered situations of violence. In my opinion this is unacceptable, in addition that violence is not the way to solve problems, one must always respect the other and especially if it is your partner because respect is one of the first things to be established in a relationship so that it works.

Astronauts at the International Space Station are working to repair a small leak that was discovered on  Wednesday night (Aug. 29). They determined that the leak is in the Soyuz spacecraft, which is docked on the Russian segment of the space station, while the leak caused a slight drop in cabin pressure, it did not pose an immediate danger to the astronauts currently living aboard the station. Quite surprisingly Alexander Gerst initially plugged the gap with his finger, before duct taping over the hole to prevent more air leaking into space, clearly not a long term fix, as engineers at Nasa are trying to come up with a better solution. The damage is believed to have occurred when a micrometeorite or piece of space debris hit the station traveling at a very high speed.