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WORLD BANK ECONOMIST DENIES ACCUSATIONS OF BIAS AGAINST CHILE
World Bank economist denies accusations of bias against Chile media... READ MORE›
CHILE SLAMS WORLD BANK AMID CHARGES OF POLITICAL BIAS
Since Ms. Bachelet's first term in 2006, Chile's ranking has fallen from 25th to 57th... READ MORE›
ANOTHER BLOW TO TACKLING IMPUNITY IN LATIN AMERICA?
Alberto Fujimori pardon Another blow to tackling impunity in Latin America?... READ MORE›
BILLIONAIRE PINERA TO RETURN AS CHILE'S PRESIDENT
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›
PROFILE: SEBASTIAN PINERA
The conservative billionaire, who represents the right-wing Chile Vamos coalition, was previously president between 2010 and 2014... READ MORE›
CHILE STEPS TO THE RIGHT WITH RETURN OF PINERA AS PRESIDENT
Chile's presidential election is the first in a series that may alter the political trajectory of Latin America... READ MORE›
BILLIONAIRE PINERA TO RETURN AS CHILE'S PRESIDENT
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›
BILLIONAIRE AND EX-TV PRESENTER VIE FOR CHILE'S PRESIDENCY
In a democracy, one has to respond by also making one's voice heard through voting, she told journalists... READ MORE›
BILLIONAIRE AND EX-TV PRESENTER VIE FOR CHILE'S PRESIDENCY
In a democracy, one has to respond by also making one's voice heard through voting, she told journalists... READ MORE›
CHILE IS A LATIN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY, SO WHY ARE VOTERS SO UNHAPPY?
Quezada doesn't see much hope of things changing as a result of Chile's presidential elections on Sunday ... READ MORE›
SEBASTIAN PINERA TO FACE ALEJANDRO GUILLER IN RUN-OFF
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›
'A WAY OF HEALING': ART AND MEMORY IN LATIN AMERICA
Is there a role for art in demanding justice and memorialising those killed in Chile and Guatemala?... READ MORE›
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PABLO NERUDA 'DID NOT DIE OF CANCER'
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said... READ MORE›
LATIN AMERICA'S SCHINDLER: A FORGOTTEN HERO OF THE 20TH CENTURY | EWEN MACASKILL
Roberto Kozak was born on 14 May 1942, in a rural village in north-east Argentina... READ MORE›
FORMER CHILEAN MILITARY OFFICERS CHARGED IN 1973 MURDER OF SINGER VICTOR JARA
Among those indicted was former lieutenant Pedro Barrientos Nu ez who lives in Florida and is fighting efforts to have him extradited to Chile... READ MORE›
DICTATOR DIRECTLY ORDERED WASHINGTON KILLING OF CHILEAN DIPLOMAT
Letelier described reading the declassified documents and discovering a memo from George Shultz, who served as secretary of state in the 1980s, to President Ronald Reagan... READ MORE›
FOR SYRIAN VICTIMS, THE PATH TO JUSTICE RUNS THROUGH EUROPE
Other cases have relied on secondhand accounts of war crimes by human rights groups... READ MORE›
CHILE TAKES STEPS TO LEGALIZE ABORTION IN CERTAIN CASES
Chile is one of only a handful of countries worldwide where abortion is illegal without exception... READ MORE›
CHILE ABORTION: COURT APPROVES EASING TOTAL BAN
Chile had been one of seven Roman Catholic countries with an abortion ban in all circumstances... READ MORE›
CHILE PROPOSES TO END ABORTION BAN
Related Stories Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced plans to end a total ban on abortions in the predominantly Roman Catholic country... READ MORE›
CHILE MOVES TO EASE STRICT ABORTION LAWS
Against abortion pill Chilean conservatives have rallied against the abortion bill ever since Bachelet introduced it in January 2015... READ MORE›
POET PABLO NERUDA PENS A VERSE FROM THE GRAVE
In her memoir, Mi Life with Pablo Neruda, the poet's wife and muse Matilde Urrutia never mentioned Araya's claim... READ MORE›
CHILE PENSIONS PROTEST DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS
Tens of thousands of people in Chile have taken part in demonstrations against the country's controversial privatised pension system... READ MORE›
MANUEL CONTRERAS, HEAD OF CHILE'S SPY AGENCY UNDER PINOCHET, DIES AGED 86
Manuel Contreras, head of Chile's spy agency under Pinochet, dies aged 86... READ MORE›
MANUEL CONTRERAS CHILEAN SPY CHIEF DIES AT 86
Augusto Pinochet died on Friday in the military hospital in Santiago while serving 526 years of multiple prison terms for human rights violations... READ MORE›
TRIAL OF FORMER CHILE MILITARY OFFICER FOR MURDER OF VICTOR JARA OPENS IN FLORIDA
Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nunez accused of torturing and killing folk singer with Jara's widow, Joan, expected to testify in Orlando federal courtroom... READ MORE›
FORMER CHILEAN MILITARY OFFICERS JAILED FOR 1974 DEATH OF PRESIDENT BACHELET'S FATHER
The two men tortured general Alberto Bachelet, father of current President Michelle Bachelet, after his imprisonment for treason during the Pinochet regime... READ MORE›
EXECUTIVES ARE JAILED IN CHILE FINANCE SCANDAL
Carlos Gajardo, another prosecutor, accused the Penta Group of having a culture of tax evasion and of becoming a machine to defraud the state... READ MORE›
FORMER CHILEAN MILITARY OFFICERS FACE MURDER CHARGES FOR 1986 BURNING ATTACK
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›
A CHILEAN EX-SOLDIER GUILTILY RECALLS HIS UNITS ATROCITIES
After Mr. Padilla was relieved of his military duties in 1975, they resumed the relationship and married... READ MORE›
AUGUSTO PINOCHETS FORMER BODYGUARD DETAINED AT SANTIAGO MILITARY BASE
Augusto Pinochets former bodyguard detained at Santiago military base... READ MORE›
ARGENTINA COURT SENTENCES OFFICERS OF DICTATORSHIPS
Operation Condor was conceived in November 1975 during meetings hosted by the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who enlisted the leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay... READ MORE›
INDISCRIMINATE NATURE OF PARIS ATTACKS CLEAR IN IDENTITIES OF VICTIMS
But they had one thing in common they were out in Paris on a Friday evening, a few working, the rest having fun with friends... READ MORE›
FORMER CHAD DICTATOR DRAGGED OUT OF COURT AS HEARING DESCENDS INTO CHAOS
Hissene Habre trial Former Chad dictator dragged out of court as hearing descends into chaos... READ MORE›
SERGIO ARELLANO STARK CHILEAN GENERAL WHO LED DEATH SQUAD DIES AT 94
General Arellano was a principal architect of the coup of Sept. 11, 1973, that installed Augusto Pinochet, a fellow army general, as president... READ MORE›
PATRICIO AYLWIN, PRESIDENT WHO GUIDED CHILE TO DEMOCRACY, DIES AGED 97
Groups of Chilean exiles protested at Aylwin's official visits... READ MORE›
BOSTON HOSTS PARADE OF MORE THAN 50 TALL SHIPS
A majestic maritime gathering is bringing more than 50 grand sailing vessels from 14 countries into Boston Harbor. Tall ships from Europe, South America an... READ MORE›
BOSTON HOSTS PARADE OF MORE THAN 50 TALL SHIPS
A majestic maritime gathering is bringing more than 50 grand sailing vessels from 14 countries into Boston Harbor. Tall ships from Europe, South America an... READ MORE›
PATRICIO AYLWIN, LAW PROFESSOR WHO SUCCEEDED PINOCHET AS CHILE'S LEADER, DIES AT 97
Most Chileans felt that Mr. Aylwin was probably the right choice to rule the country immediately after Pinochet, when the military retained strong power... READ MORE›
PINOCHET BEHIND '76 DEADLY CAR BOMBING IN U.S. EMBASSY ROW, CIA EVIDENCE, FILES HANDED TO CHILE INDICATE
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›
GEN. MANUEL CONTRERAS, LEADER OF CHILES FEARED SPY AGENCY, DIES AT 86
Augusto Pinochet, died Aug. 7 at a military hospital in Santiago... READ MORE›
'BUT YOU KILLED PEOPLE!': CHILEANS SHOCKED BY RADIO CONFESSION OF PINOCHET-ERA EXECUTIONS
The brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile between 1973 and 1990, when an estimated 3200 people were murdered and another 28,000 tortured by the state... READ MORE›