The Trump administration placed three dozen countries on an annual list of trading partners that “present the most significant concerns” regarding the lack of intellectual property (IP) rights protections. Among the worst, placed on the “Priority Watch List,” are Algeria, Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Venezuela, according to a […]
Feds Seize Nazi-Looted Art Put Up for Auction in NY…
The United States has brought a forfeiture action to reunite the heirs of a renowned Jewish art collector with a Dutch portrait seized by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Missing since 1943, the oil painting “A Scholar Sharpening His Quill” by Salomon Koninck was transferred to New York from Chile last year in contemplation of […]
National Security Archives: Chilean Media Mogul Worked with Nixon Administration in Military Coup…
Media mogul Agustin Edwards Eastman, who was widely regarded as the Rupert Murdoch of Chile, died on April 24, at age 89, leaving a legacy of close collaboration with Henry Kissinger and the CIA in instigating and supporting the September 11, 1973, military coup. Edwards was the only Chilean—civilian or military—known to meet face-to-face with […]
Ancient Climate Change at #AGU16 — Atacama Desert May Have Harbored Lakes, Wetlands…
The arid Atacama Desert, thought to be a barrier to early South American settlers, may have held lakes large enough to sustain small human populations, according to new research presented here today. The lakes’ presence challenges the current understanding of the paths early settlers took to explore and settle South America…