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FIFA fined the Ecuador national team at the 2022 World Cup due to fans using discriminatory chants during the opening match against Qatar.

Ecuador has been cleared to play in the 2022 World Cup after a hearing from FIFA on Thursday.

FIFA announced that Ecuador will hold onto its spot in the 2022 World Cup after Chile alleged that the team fielded an ineligible player in qualifiers last year.

Chile has demanded Ecuador be pulled out of Qatar. Chile alleges that Ecuador fielded Byron Castillo as an ineligible player during last year September’s World Cup qualifiers.

Chile would have taken Ecuador’s spot in Qatar but can still appeal the case against Byron Castillo.

About a dozen countries have added an insurance mandate for tourists during the pandemic era, to cover costs related to Covid-19.

A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests has been elected Chile’s next president after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump.

The presidential run-off on Dec. 19 will see voters cast their ballots in favor of one of two outsider candidates promising to chart wildly different paths.

Children in the Netherlands are among the happiest in the world, research suggests, and experts say that there are a number of reasons why this is the case.

Many destinations don’t live up to the expectations created by manipulated photos. But other places exceed expectations, say CNBC’s travel contributors.

Campaigners and environmental activists have described the summit as the most exclusionary they have ever known.

The world’s biggest polluters were not among the countries taking on new commitments to phase out coal at the COP26 climate summit.

A group’s day at the beach became a rescue mission after beach-goers in Antofagasta, Chile found an injured olive ridley turtle. They alerted authorities, who were able to transport it to a local rescue center for treatment.

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee just named 34 sites to the prestigious World Heritage List, representing two years’ worth of site nominations.

A suspension bridge in Chile partially collapsed when a truck carrying logs tried crossing it.

The lambda variant is becoming dominant in parts of South America, here’s what we know about it so far.

Vaccines made in China face rising doubts about their efficacy, compounded by a lack of data on their protection against the more transmissible delta variant.

A huge cactus bust in Italy has resulted in the confiscation of over 1,000 rare cacti poached from Chile’s Atacama Desert

A zoo in Santiago, Chile, is seeking “animal godparents” to help raise funds.

Emerging markets may have been under pressure to start the week, but Oppenheimer’s Ari Wald sees a bullish development.