Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Santiago's Mapocho used to be a "dead river". It had no vegetation, was filled with garbage -- and even had a foul smell.

Some 1,000 people jogged along the banks of the Mapocho River in Santiago one Sunday afternoon, an activity that would have ...

Chile went to the United Nations' highest court Friday to seek a resolution to a long-running dispute with its Latin American neighbor Bolivia over the use of the waters of a small river that flows ...

Exterior view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — Bolivia and Chile ...

Following complaints by Chilean ranchers, Santiago sent a note to Argentina for works that dried up the Vizcachas, a transboundary river originating in southeast Santa Cruz and reaching Magallanes.

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The International Court of Justice judges said "both parties now agree" on the status of the Silala which flows across the Bolivian-Chilean border. Chile and Bolivia have agreed on the status of a ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declined to issue a decision in an international dispute over the Silala River, one of several water-related issues that have spurred tensions between ...