Mr. Ruiz, a Chilean director, delighted in the twisting and turning plots of his movies.

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Raúl Ruiz, Prolific Director of Cryptic Films, Dies at 70

SANTIAGO, Chile — In Latin America’s most economically stable country , it was yet another protest. Thousands of students chanted slogans, banged drums and snarled traffic Thursday, as the media and political establishment intensely watched. And the center-right government of President Sebastián Piñera once more looked powerless to curtail the anger in the streets. The country, seen as a model of progress since dictator Augusto Pinochet’s iron grip slipped 21 years ago, continues to be buffeted by the most serious and sustained protests in a generation of democracy. That has raised an uncomfortable question: Why do so many Chileans — tens of thousands in the streets, millions more who say they support the protesters — believe that their country has failed to address widespread needs, beginning with an education system that even the government acknowledges has flaws. Read full article > >

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Education protests shake Chile’s government

Protesters clash with riot police in the Chilean capital, Santiago as thousands of students march to demand changes to the education system.

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Clashes as Chile students protest

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Travel chaos spreads to Western Australia with flights into and out of Perth cancelled because of ash from the volcanic eruption in Chile.

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Chile volcano halts Perth flights

New footage of Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano shows the ferocity of the explosions that are sending clouds of ash up into the sky and causing widespread travel disruption across south America, Australia and New Zealand.

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VIDEO: Up close: Chile’s exploding volcano

RININAHUE, Chile — Steaming rivers filled with hot ash, rocks, and rain threatened to overflow their banks in southern Chile on Friday and ash clouds from a volcano that began erupting nearly a week ago kept some airports closed across much of the southern part of the continent. In towns bordering the Cordon Caulle volcano, authorities warned that rivers were about to flood due to the large amounts of ash and volcanic rock that have fallen in them and heavy rains that have doused the area of southern Chile. Read full article > >

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Flights in Chile, Brazil canceled due to volcano; some airports in Argentina, Uruguay closed

Flights to and from several countries in South America are disrupted as ash clouds spewed by a Chilean volcano range spread, forcing cancellations.

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Chile ash cloud disrupts flights

Authorities in southern Chile and Argentina are still on alert as ash from the Puyehue volcano range continues to be blown over the region.

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Chile volcano ash alert remains

A chain of volcanoes has erupted in southern Chile, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

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VIDEO: Lightning storm hits volcanic ash cloud

A volcano in the Calle Cordon of southern Chile erupted Saturday, sending out stones and a plume of ash an estimated six miles high and three miles wide. Read full article > >

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Volcano erupts in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile — The Puyehue volcano in southern Chile erupted Saturday, sending a huge plume of smoke and ash into the sky and prompting officials to evacuate about 600 people living nearby. There were no reports of injuries. Authorities had put the area around the volcano on alert Saturday morning after a flurry of earthquakes, and the eruption began in the afternoon. The National Emergency Office said it recorded an average of 230 tremors an hour. On the other side of the Andes in Argentina, heavy ash fell on the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. Read full article > >

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Puyehue volcano erupts in southern Chile, authorities evacuate about 600 people living nearby

Hugh Sinclair describes the impact of the volcano eruptions from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordon-Caulle volcano range, on nearby Bariloche in Argentina, where he is staying.

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VIDEO: Chile volcanoes ‘turned sky dark’

The Puyehue volcano range in southern Chile has begun erupting, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people living in the nearby area.

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Chile volcano range spews ash

A volcano chain in southern Chile, dormant for decades, began to erupt on Saturday. A six-mile-high tower of smoke has been rising from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle range, about 500 miles south of Santiago, forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate. The ash…

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