Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific forms the country's entire western border, with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage at the country's southernmost tip. Chile claims 1,250,000 km? of territory in Antarctica. ...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Officials say that the eruption of southern Chile's Chaiten volcano is increasing and they want people living nearby to leave. About 4,500 people were evacuated from the town of Chaiten when the volcano erupted on May 2 but ... ...