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Recently, the deputy chamber aproved the proyect that wants to decrease the speed limit of urban zones, from 60 km/h to 50 km/h. The iniciative is waiting to be announced as an official Republic law by the official autorities. Two thousand people die on average in Chile as a result of traffic accidents. The main objective of the project is to decrease this statistic, which significantly affects cyclists and pedestrians, and which was approved by the Chamber of Deputies with 114 votes in favor, 8 against and 25 abstentions. The decision to cut down the speed limit is very controversial, as many people think 60 km/h is already a slow speed to drive in cities, and bringing it down will make more people break these speed limits. What do you think about this new law? Is the speed limit okay as it is now?

Some call it the next big gold fever, but the truth is that it has nothing to do with the precious metal. It's about marijuana, and that is that the plant is unleashing a financial trend that is just beginning; at least in the United States and soon in Canada. Investors throughout the United States are preparing to mount the next "wave of legalization", a trend that is already being seen in the market. From January 1, California joined seven other states (Colorado, Washington, Nevada ... etc) that allow the business and consumption of the grass for recreational use. Faced with this "green fever", more and more investors are putting their chips in the plant, in fact there are already several companies related to this activity. But as with any novelty, it is also risky to invest in a product that produces highs and lows as they are very volatile. What is your opinion regarding the legalization of marijuana? How do you think that the legalization of this affects o...

Two Chilean tourists have been in Sungai Buloh prison in Malaysia for nine months and could soon be sentenced to death after being accused of murder during a confusing  Incident. Fernando candia and Felipe osidiacz are  two young Chileans who, after working for a year in New Zealand, traveled to Southeast Asia on vacation. Newly arrived in Malaysia, they had a confrontation with a man who suffered cardiac arrest and died. As the malaysians believe in the talion law they think these two chileans should be excecuted, even though chilean law sees this act as legitimate defense by the behalf of the south americans, and consequently should be considered inocents.

Yesterday   early  in  the   mornig  a  large   group  of taxis  gathered  in  manifesation  of  the  new “ Uber   Law ”  that   was   sent  to  the Congress   this   month .  The  drivers  made  a  hu ge   caravan   along Alameda Street and  finally , in a  private   way ,  leaders delivered  a  letter  to  transport   minister  Gloria  Hutt   where eleven  items   that  " completely  disfavor”  them  are  indicated .  This   manifestation   had   its   origins   t his   Tuesday   when   it   was approved  to  authorize   the   operation  of  systems   such  as  Uber and  Cabify ,  with   regulations  and  limits .  The   ...

The attack occurred on the outskirts of the city of Lamitan and was adjudged by the separatist jihadist group Abu Sayyaf, close to the Islamic State. At least ten people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed on Tuesday when a bomb exploded at an army checkpoint in the southern Philippines, military authorities said. At least one soldier, five militants and four civilians were killed in the explosion outside Lamitan, a city whose population is predominantly Christian, but which is located on the island (province) of Basilan, mostly Muslim. The driver of the bomb car, alleged member of the separatist jihadist group Abu Sayyaf, which operates mostly in the south of the country, also died. He also noted that government forces have remained on alert after receiving reports that extremists planned to blow up explosives throughout the island.

A plane belonging to the Aeromexico airline crashed at the Guadalupe Victoria airport in Durango this Tuesday in the north of the country, five minutes after taking off, according to the Mexican newspaper "El Sol de Hidalgo". The governor of the state of Durango, Jose Ramon Aispuro, has informed through his social networks that there were no deaths, but several injured. According to the authorities, 18 passengers have been hospitalized and two were in critical condition. The Mexican airline was quick to make a statement on twitter and said : "Aeromexico has been aware of an accident in Durango and we are working to verify the information and obtain details". Media still has not revealed whats the recording on the black box. The objective of the black box of an airplane is to record the operations of the aircraft system, so that the causes of accidents or breakdowns can be discovered. When they find the black box it is only matter of time to know which was the motive...

According to the " ecologycal overdraft" report, this expense would have been one day ahead of the previous period, thus recording the earliest date since the parameter was established in the 1970s. PARIS .- This time of year, humanity will start this Wednesday to live in the "overdraft" of the Earth's natural resources for this 2018. According to the report delivered by the NGO Global Footprint Network, on August 1 is the day in which the set of resources that nature is capable of renewing in a year will be finished and humanity will begin to live in "borrowed resources". This is the "date on which we will have used all the trees, water, fertile soil and fish that the Earth can provide us in a year," explained Valérie Gramond of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). English), linked to the Global Footprint Network. "We will also have emitted more carbon dioxide than forests can absorb," he added. Last year, this moment came a...

Yesterday at aproximately 7 pm. all of Santiago's east side suffered a massive blackout in which over 247 thousand clients were affected. According to the electrical company the blackout was caused due to a failure in the transmision line in Huechuraba, though initialy it was believed to have been caused because of a fire. Some of the consecuences were people trapped in elevators, malls and movie theatres clsong down and a lot oftraffic. Thankfully hospitals and clinics were able to keep functioning due to the fact they had back up generators.

Hello students!  I hope you enjoyed the holidays and relaxed a bit.  I just wanted to let you know the status of the points for each one of you.  The maximum points are 10, so if you have reached it you don´t have to post this month (before July 30) or in August which is a catch up period. The others please do send your comments to earn more points. Trinidad 9 Tomás 5 Santiago 3 Gonzalo 5 Antonia - Jacinta 11  Raúl 4 Vicente 8 Ignacio 2 Nour - Montserrat 8 Victor 4 Emilia 4 Andrés 3 Ignacia 3 Josefina 13 Ncolás 2 Guillermo 8 Valentina 6 Anastasia 11 Macarena 4 Andrea 8 Bernardita 10 Axel 4 José Tomás 6 Aníbal -

Momo is a new challenge that is terrifying authorities of latin America. It is supposed to be a horror game that has gone viral, people has been comparing and associating these with "la ballena azul". Momo began with a group of facebook where people would be challenged to speak to an unknown number and in response the number sends you threats or horror photos or sometimes your personal information. It impressed me a lot to find out that its origin if from Japan. And then I also  find out why it was so dangerous. One of the many reasons is that it can lead a suicide, also cause depression, insomnia, etc. Please don't fall into these false game. and i would love to hear what you think about Momo.

Almost a month after revealing she had relapsed, the pop star, 25, was  hospitalized following an overdose  on Tuesday. in which the singer was found unconcius and was revived by her friends who had Narcan, a medicine used to revert the effects of strong drugs. Lovato has  battled addiction, mental illness and disordered eating  for years. In 2010 she entered a Chicago-area rehab facility, where she was treated for bipolar disorder, bulimia, self-harm and addiction. She relapsed after she left the treatment center, then entered a sober living facility for a year. This March, the former Disney star revealed she had  celebrated six years of sobriety . But in April rumors of a relapse swirled, and on June 21, Lovato confirmed she had fallen off the wagon in  “Sober,” a heartbreaking ballad about her recent relapse . What is your opinion when it comes to drug adduction? Do you think someone can recover completely and be able to never fall into the tempta...

Members of the "Wild Boar" football team were trapped on June 23, as they explored the Tham Luang cave in Thailand, after training. A storm in the middle of the monsoon season suddenly flooded its tunnels. British divers found on Monday last week the 13 hungry people huddled in the dark, in a  flooded chamber full of mud kilometers inside the cave. After reflecting for days on how to save them, a rescue operation began on Sunday, when four of the children were taken from the caves attached to divers who guided trough  almost 4 kilometers. Four other boys were rescued on Monday and the last four left in the complex with their coach left on the surface Tuesday with help from rescuers. They were taken from the complex on stretchers, one by one, and taken by helicopter to the hospital where they were all interned. The news was known worldwide and people form all around the world were sending their prayers to the boys and their families. The children inside the cave sent message...

Earlier this week, a woman in China, Dong Yaoqiong, published a live streaming video of her throwing ink to a picture of China’s president and also explaining how much she unliked the way that he was leading China. Eight hours later, this woman uploaded a picture of  policemen at her door in her twitter feed. Since then, Dong’s twitter account has been deactivated and now she has disappeared, her friends say that her phone has been disabled and that she hasn’t had contact with anyone.

Russia's world cup has been a success in terms of organization and infraestructure but there has been plenty of discussion due to the incoming world cup in Qatar on 2022. Hosting an event like the world cup requires huge hotelery and stadiums that need to support hundreds of people . This buldings , in qatar , are being built by inmigrants from poor countries that are payed little amounts of money and have poor working conditions. Dozens of Nepalese migrant labourers have died in  Qatar  in recent weeks and thousands more are suffering labour abuses. qatar is one of the wealthiest counries in the world but it seems that they dont care about the workers.