On October 13, 1972, the Andes mountains witnessed the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Forty five passengers and crew, including 19 members of the Old Christians Club rugby union team, along ...

Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a global leader in NAND flash controllers and storage solutions, and Andes Technology Corporation (TWSE: 6533), a leading provider of high-performance, low-power ...

Álvaro Mangino Schmid, one of the 16 survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash, passed away in Montevideo just one day before his 71st birthday due to respiratory issues from pneumonia. Last year, after ...

Andes makes its money by selling carbon credits to corporate clients, with some of the revenue going to US$10-per-acre payments made to participating farmers. The service is currently available to ...

Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans 8900 kilometers along South America's western periphery, is up to 700 ...

The Andes were formed by tectonic activity whereby Earth is uplifted as one plate (oceanic crust) subducts under another plate (continental crust). To get such a high mountain chain in a subduction ...