Eva Vergara, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Chile's Defense Minister Alberto Espina speaks during a news conference at the Chilean Air Force base in Punta Arenas, Chile, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Espina said human remains have been found from a military aircraft that disappeared on a flight to Antarctica. The plane was carrying 38 passengers when it took off from southernmost Chile on Monday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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Parts of missing Antarctica-bound plane found

by Eva Vergara Associated Press, and Patricia Luna Associated PressDecember 12, 2019

SANTIAGO, Chile — Searchers combing Antarctic seas have recovered parts of a military transport plane and human remains belonging to some of the 38 people aboard who vanished en route to the frozen continent, Chilean officials said Thursday.Air Force…

Anti-government protesters set up a barricade in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Chileans gathered Tuesday for a 12th day of demonstrations that began with youth protests over a subway fare hike and have become a national movement demanding greater socio-economic equality and better public services in a country long seen as an economic success story. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Chilean protesters reject president’s concessions

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, and Eva Vergara Associated PressOctober 29, 2019

A youth dressed as a shaman arrives to take part in a photo session before Tuesday's total solar eclipse, in La Higuera, Chile, Monday, July 1, 2019. Tourists and scientists will gather in northern Chile, one of the best places in the world to watch the next the eclipse that will plunge parts of South America into darkness. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Chileans and Argentines catch total solar eclipse

by Mauricio Cuevas Associated Press, and Eva Vergara Associated PressJuly 2, 2019

Juan Carlos Cruz reads from his tablet during an interview with The Associated Press in Philadelphia, Sunday Feb. 4, 2017. Cruz says Pope Francis received a letter he wrote in 2015 detailing the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest and efforts by the Chilean church to cover it up, contradicting the pope’s recent insistence that no victims had come forward. (AP Photo/Yvonne Lee)

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AP Exclusive: Letter about abuse cover-up belies pope denial

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press, and Eva Vergara Associated PressFebruary 5, 2018

Cecilia Morel, former first lady of Chile and wife of former President Sebastian Pinera who is running again for office, waves to supporters as they celebrate preliminary results during a presidential elections runoff in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Chileans voters will decide Sunday whether to swing the world's top copper-producing country to the right or maintain its center-left path in a fiercely contested presidential runoff election. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Ex-President Pinera easily wins Chile vote

by Eva Vergara Associated PressDecember 17, 2017