The reason? To celebrate World Skateboarding Day.
Weekend saw the streets of the Chilean capital, Santiago, come alive with the energy of thousands of skateboarders.
Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:00Published
Chile is planning to increase its lithium mining at the Atacama salt lake but the government is trying to mine the metal in a sustainable way and respect the local communities in the area, including the indigenous people, who have long suffered as mining destroyed their land.
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A railway collision in San Bernardo has killed two people and injured several others. The accident between a freight train and a test train occured just south of Chile's capital Santiago.
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