In his first event of the day, Francis met privately with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and addressed lawmakers, judges and other authorities at La Moneda palace... READ MORE›
In his first event of the day, Francis met privately with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and addressed lawmakers, judges and other authorities at La Moneda palace... READ MORE›
World Bank economist denies accusations of bias against Chile media... READ MORE›
Since Ms. Bachelet's first term in 2006, Chile's ranking has fallen from 25th to 57th... READ MORE›
Chilean officials on Saturday criticized the World Bank, saying it treated the South American country unfairly in its closely watched annual Doing Business competitiveness rankings... READ MORE›
Several Catholic churches have been vandalised in Chile in advance of Pope Francis' visit to the country next week... READ MORE›
Several churches in Chile have been attacked or vandalised ahead of a visit by Pope Francis next week... READ MORE›
Corruption scandals In a region where corruption scandals often hurt presidencies, South America's women leaders were no honorable exception... READ MORE›
Billionaire Sebastian Pinera will return to power as Chile's president next year, according to virtually complete results from a runoff election held Sunday... READ MORE›
During his first term as president, Pinera struggled with large protests over Chile's inequality and demands for education reform and left office with low popularity ratings... READ MORE›
Chile's presidential election is the first in a series that may alter the political trajectory of Latin America... READ MORE›
Pinera's supporters cheered the news at his campaign headquarters as the results were swiftly tabulated on a hot and sunny evening in Santiago... READ MORE›
Billionaire Sebastian Pinera will return to power as Chile's president next year, according to virtually complete results from a runoff election held Sunday... READ MORE›
Conservative former president Sebastian Pinera has taken a clear lead in Chile's presidential run-off elections, according to preliminary results... READ MORE›
Conservative Sebastian Pinera took an early lead of more than seven percentage points in Chile's presidential election on Sunday, Chile's electoral agency Servel said... READ MORE›
Respected local broadcaster Radio Bio-Bio also forecast Pinera would win the vote, in what would be a sign of discontent with outgoing President Michelle Bachelet's policies... READ MORE›
In a democracy, one has to respond by also making one's voice heard through voting, she told journalists... READ MORE›
In a democracy, one has to respond by also making one's voice heard through voting, she told journalists... READ MORE›
REUTERS Pablo Sanhueza Unlike most countries in Latin America, voting is not mandatory in Chile, a country of 17 million people with a 250 billion economy... READ MORE›
Frente Amplio as an alliance has pulled back from endorsing Guillier, leaving it up to individual supporters to decide who, if anyone, they will back... READ MORE›
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet highlighted on Tuesday the important role that China and the Asia-Pacific will play in the geopolitical future of the world... READ MORE›
Chile's presidential election will go to a December run-off vote, after conservative Sebastian Pinera won the first round but fell short of an outright victory... READ MORE›
Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is leading the presidential election on Sunday, with 53.05 percent of votes counted, the Electoral Service of Chile Servel said... READ MORE›
Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is leading the presidential election on Sunday, with 53.05 percent of votes counted, the Electoral Service of Chile Servel said... READ MORE›
Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera takes part in a campaign rally in Santiago, Chile November 17, 2017... READ MORE›
The latest opinion poll by the Centro de Estudios Publicos showed Pinera with 44.4 percent support in the first round, more than double any other candidate... READ MORE›
In turbulent Latin America, Chile is admired for its political and economic stability, with low unemployment and inflation even lower... READ MORE›
Rapa Nui protection area, about same size as Chilean mainland, will protect up to 142 species, including 27 threatened with extinction... READ MORE›
About 42 percent of the forest fires are in plantation forests, which are like matchboxes, said Mary Kalin Arroyo of the University of Chile... READ MORE›
-- Michelle Bachelet mbachelet August 28, 2017 In March, Bachelet, a centre-left politician, pledged to send a full marriage bill to legislators before the end of the year... READ MORE›
Chile is one of only a handful of countries worldwide where abortion is illegal without exception... READ MORE›
Related Stories Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced plans to end a total ban on abortions in the predominantly Roman Catholic country... READ MORE›
Emergency teams are working on the ground to connect with isolated persons and re-establish the water supply wherever possible, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wrote on Twitter... READ MORE›
First-term senator Alejandro Guillier seems to be enjoying a Trump-like political ascent, but his policies have more in common with the center-left... READ MORE›
Against abortion pill Chilean conservatives have rallied against the abortion bill ever since Bachelet introduced it in January 2015... READ MORE›
Flames from one of Chile's worst wildfires completely consumed the town of Santa Olga as the death toll from the blazes since November rose to 11... READ MORE›
As temperatures reached 30 C in Santiago during Chile's late summer, millions of people have been lining up at more than 200 water distribution points... READ MORE›
Chile is one of Latin America's leading economies, and the country is often held up as an example of clean, technocratic governance... READ MORE›
The two men tortured general Alberto Bachelet, father of current President Michelle Bachelet, after his imprisonment for treason during the Pinochet regime... READ MORE›
Chile's president 'overcome by emotion' after ill girl, 14, makes euthanasia plea... READ MORE›
Six former officers were charged with premeditated murder in the burning death of Rodrigo Rojas and attempted homicide in the case of Carmen Quintana... READ MORE›
Registry offices in one of Latin Americas more conservative countries will begin granting civil unions to gay and lesbian partners on Thursday... READ MORE›
Lagos is well-known in Chile for his central role in the battle to bring democracy to the country in the 1980s... READ MORE›
President Michelle Bachelet plans to announce later this month the government's latest approach to quell growing anger among the Mapuche... READ MORE›
Three people have been killed and at least seven are missing after heavy rains struck Chile over the weekend, causing mudslides and water outages... READ MORE›
A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people, forcing the evacuation of 1 million and sparking warnings... READ MORE›
Speaking to Chile's Channel 7, expedition member Leonardo Albornoz said the group discovered the wreckage at an altitude of about 10,500 ft around 215 miles of the capital, Santiago... READ MORE›
Residents sifted through the rubble of destroyed buildings in central Chile on Thursday after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 11 people and sent powerful... READ MORE›
The quake and heavy waves afterward caused flooding in coastal towns damaged buildings and knocked out power in the worst hit areas of central Chile... READ MORE›
Currently, Chileans are allowed to consume marijuana in private, but it is illegal to sell or grow the drug... READ MORE›
That followed in 1972, when a Uruguayan aircraft carrying a rugby team went down in the Andes in Argentina, near the border with Chile... READ MORE›
Estaban Felix Associated Press Violent protests broke out in Chile on Saturday as President Michelle Bachelet presented a state-of-the-nation report to Congress... READ MORE›
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet opened the Our Ocean conference by declaring a 243 630-sq.-mile 631 368-sq.-km sanctuary around iconic Easter Island... READ MORE›
This is the first time there are documents that give evidence of that, the diplomat's son, Juan Pablo Letelier, told Chile's Tele13Radio... READ MORE›
Chilean soccer teams plane found five decades after mountainside crash... READ MORE›
Post to Facebook 16 hottest Airbnb neighborhoods around the world Osaka, Japan The Chuo-ku neighborhood experienced 7,000 percent growth in Airbnb visitors from 2014 to 2015... READ MORE›
Goic, like the Christian Democratic Party writ large, is generally center-left on economic issues and center-right to conservative on social issues... READ MORE›
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