Today in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, announced Chile’s designation to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).  Chile is now one of 38 participants in the program. Secretary Johnson made the announcement accompanied by Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom, Chile’s Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno, and Chile’s Ambassador ... Read More»

Clues Unearthed in an Ancient Whale Graveyard Mass strandings of whales have puzzled people since Aristotle. Modern-day strandings can be investigated and their causes, often human-related, identified. Events that happened millions of years ago, however, are far harder to analyze—frequently leaving their cause a mystery. A team of  Smithsonian and Chilean scientists examined a large ... Read More»

In celebration of Earth Day 2014 on April 22, the Embassy of the United States in Chile is inviting Chilean high school students to participate in a comics contest. The contest will focus on the disappearance of bees around the world. The contest is open for all Chilean high school students between the ages of ... Read More»

SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Robert. Thank you very, very much. I don’t know. I think some of you were cheering twice for the same university. I don’t know. (Laughter.) It seemed to come from the same place anyway.What a pleasure to be here at America, where we are looking at all of the air conditioning ... Read More»

The United States is deeply concerned by rising tensions and violence surrounding this week’s protests in Venezuela. Our condolences go to the families of those killed as a result of this tragic violence.We are particularly alarmed by reports that the Venezuelan government has arrested or detained scores of anti-government protestors and issued an arrest warrant ... Read More»