Feel like you’ve seen it all? This cruise will change your mind

Feel like you’ve seen it all? This cruise will change your mind

South America is an overlooked cruise destination,but nowhere gives you the chance to sail to more varied destinations.

  • byBrian Johnston

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Extraordinary and exotic:Why now is the time to visit South America

Extraordinary and exotic:Why now is the time to visit South America

There are more flights and South America remains better value than Europe or the US. Here is our beginner’s guide to travelling around this continent of extremes.

  • byChris Moss andJulietta Jameson
The Bondi ‘torture’ nanny and the grieving families
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The Bondi ‘torture’ nanny and the grieving families

While Adriana Rivas cared for children in Sydney’s eastern suburbs,the families of her alleged victims endured years of sorrow.

  • byPerry Duffin
Chilean ‘torture chamber operator’ turned Bondi nanny in shock legal challenge
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Chilean ‘torture chamber operator’ turned Bondi nanny in shock legal challenge

Adriana Rivas cared for the children of the city’s well-to-do while prosecutors in her home country hunted her down,claiming she helped run a dictator’s torture chamber.

  • byPerry Duffin
Airline review:Qantas economy surprisingly good,despite codeshare woes
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Airline review:Qantas economy surprisingly good,despite codeshare woes

It turns out Qantas and its codeshare partner don’t speak to each other,which causes a few hassles on an otherwise comfortable flight.

  • byKatrina Lobley
Resources nationalism is threatening China’s push to secure critical minerals
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Resources nationalism is threatening China’s push to secure critical minerals

Partial nationalisation of a vast lithium project in Chile is the latest move by developed and developing countries to prevent China from locking up the mineral supply critical to its dominance of the world’s battery industry.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
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The June 2 Edition
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The June 2 Edition

In our special winter reading issue,we talk with a slew of great writers. Famed Chilean author Isabel Allende graces our cover and share her success story.

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At 81,Isabel Allende knows how she’d like to die:‘At home,with warm socks and a dog’

At 81,Isabel Allende knows how she’d like to die:‘At home,with warm socks and a dog’

The Chilean writer,who has sold more than 74 million books,has an unlikely new project featuring her rescue dog,Perla.

  • byRobyn Doreian
Pan Asia sets sights on lithium brines at Chilean salt flats
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Pan Asia sets sights on lithium brines at Chilean salt flats

Pan Asia Metals is joining the list of lithium brine explorers after picking up a massive chunk of prime real estate with its Tama Atacama project in Chile.

  • byMichael Philipps
Developer sells stunning land for $100m. The buyer will never build a thing

Developer sells stunning land for $100m. The buyer will never build a thing

Not far from where the Andes Mountains meet the Pacific Ocean,a vast swath of pristine wilderness is changing hands under the most unusual circumstances.

  • byDavid Gelles
‘Like entering hell’:Chile fires kill dozens,thousands of homes destroyed

‘Like entering hell’:Chile fires kill dozens,thousands of homes destroyed

The confirmed death toll has risen to 112 people,AP reported. Hundreds remain missing. At least 1600 people have been left homeless.

  • byAnnie Correal andJohn Bartlett