Chile's government is currently suffering the consequences.

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Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, currently in the eighth and final spot in the race to the World Tour Finals, will play Davydenko in the last 16 after beating Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 6-4.

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. shares are currently trading off about 0.2% on the day.

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Bolivia, which is a big exporter of metals, including silver, tin and zinc, currently exports most minerals through Chile.

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President Barack Obama said in Tokyo the U.S. will restart talks to potentially take part in a regional Asia-Pacific free trade agreement known as the Trans Pacific Partnership that currently includes Singapore, Brunei, Chile and New Zealand.

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The region's two biggest powers, Brazil and Argentina, are currently locked in trade disputes, while Bolivia and Chile have no diplomatic relations at all.

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The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), currently being built in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, will enable scientists to observe sub-millimeter radiation waves, giving them a far more detailed picture of the universe than has previously been possible with either optical or infrared telescopes.

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Currently, these are Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Syria and Spain.

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