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CHILE'S CATHOLIC CHURCHES ATTACKED AHEAD OF PAPAL VISIT


Several Catholic churches have been vandalised in Chile in advance of Pope Francis' visit to the country next week... READ MORE

13th January, 2018 543

CHILE CHURCHES ATTACKED BEFORE POPE FRANCIS VISIT


Several churches in Chile have been attacked or vandalised ahead of a visit by Pope Francis next week... READ MORE

13th January, 2018 150

ANOTHER BLOW TO TACKLING IMPUNITY IN LATIN AMERICA?


Alberto Fujimori pardon Another blow to tackling impunity in Latin America?... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 59

ERA OF FEMALE PRESIDENTS IN LATIN AMERICA COMES TO A CLOSE


Corruption scandals In a region where corruption scandals often hurt presidencies, South America's women leaders were no honorable exception... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 28

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

18th December, 2017 0

PROFILE: SEBASTIAN PINERA


The conservative billionaire, who represents the right-wing Chile Vamos coalition, was previously president between 2010 and 2014... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 45

CONSERVATIVE PINERA WINS ANOTHER TURN AS CHILES PRESIDENT


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

18th December, 2017 13

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

18th December, 2017 20

SEBASTIA?N PIA?ERA WINS CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


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

18th December, 2017 579

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

18th December, 2017 0

CHILE ELECTION: SEBASTIAN PINERA PROJECTED TO WIN


Conservative former president Sebastian Pinera has taken a clear lead in Chile's presidential run-off elections, according to preliminary results... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 493

PINERA LEADS CHILE ELECTION AT PARTIAL COUNT


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

17th December, 2017 0

FORMER PRESIDENT PINERA TAKES EARLY LEAD IN CHILE ELECTION


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

17th December, 2017 346

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

17th December, 2017 0

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

17th December, 2017 0

BILLIONAIRE, FORMER JOURNALIST FACE OFF FOR CHILE PRESIDENCY


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

17th December, 2017 856

CHILE TO VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT HAS ROILED MARKETS


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

17th December, 2017 73

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

16th December, 2017 285

CHILEAN PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF CHINA, ASIA-PACIFIC TO GLOBAL FUTURE


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

22nd November, 2017 0

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

20th November, 2017 26

PINERA TAKES LEAD IN CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


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

20th November, 2017 544

PINERA TAKES LEAD IN CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION


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

20th November, 2017 544

CHILE VOTES IN ELECTION LIKELY TO USHER PINERA BACK TO POWER


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

19th November, 2017 102

CHILE: OUTGOING LEADER BACHELET LEAVES UNCERTAIN LEGACY


In turbulent Latin America, Chile is admired for its political and economic stability, with low unemployment and inflation even lower... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 86

'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

14th November, 2017 602

PINERA HOLDS LEAD IN CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE


A Pinera win would please Chile's business community, which blames outgoing President Michelle Bachelet for sluggish economic growth in the world's top copper exporter... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 0

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

22nd October, 2017 783

PABLO NERUDA 'DID NOT DIE OF CANCER'


Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 13785

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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

14th December, 2016 6951

ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE PARKS CREATED OFF COAST OF EASTER ISLAND


Rapa Nui protection area, about same size as Chilean mainland, will protect up to 142 species, including 27 threatened with extinction... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 3112

'WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ON THIS SCALE'


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

27th January, 2017 2896

CHILE'S BACHELET SENDS GAY MARRIAGE BILL TO CONGRESS


-- 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

29th August, 2017 2319

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

20th July, 2017 1864

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

22nd August, 2017 1769

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

1st February, 2015 1615

CHILE FLOODS LEAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT DRINKING WATER IN SANTIAGO


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

27th February, 2017 1335

CHILEAN TV STAR WANTS TO SHAKE UP POLITICS, BUT DON'T CALL HIM CHILE'S TRUMP


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

19th March, 2017 1132

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

19th July, 2017 895

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

27th March, 2017 572

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

9th August, 2015 376

ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE STILL WITHOUT WATER IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, AFTER RAIN, LANDSLIDES POLLUTE RIVERS


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

28th February, 2017 311

HE WAS CHILE'S MOST TRUSTED NEWSCASTER. HE COULD BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT.


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

17th March, 2017 310

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

13th June, 2016 296

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

22nd November, 2014 292

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

7th March, 2015 283

CHILE'S PRESIDENT 'OVERCOME BY EMOTION' AFTER ILL GIRL, 14, MAKES EUTHANASIA PLEA


Chile's president 'overcome by emotion' after ill girl, 14, makes euthanasia plea... READ MORE

27th February, 2015 273

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

24th July, 2015 253

AUGUSTO PINOCHETS FORMER BODYGUARD DETAINED AT SANTIAGO MILITARY BASE


Augusto Pinochets former bodyguard detained at Santiago military base... READ MORE

21st October, 2014 224

HUNDREDS OF CHILEAN SAME-SEX COUPLES EAGERLY AWAIT LEGALIZATION OF CIVIL UNIONS


Registry offices in one of Latin Americas more conservative countries will begin granting civil unions to gay and lesbian partners on Thursday... READ MORE

21st October, 2015 160

RICARDO LAGOS, EX-CHILE PRESIDENT, RUNS TO LEAD COUNTRY AGAIN


Lagos is well-known in Chile for his central role in the battle to bring democracy to the country in the 1980s... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 146

HEAVY RAINS KILL THREE, LEAVE MILLIONS WITHOUT WATER


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

27th February, 2017 109

MAGNITUDE-8.3 TEMBLOR JOLTS CHILE'S CAPITAL, PROMPTS TSUNAMI ALERT ACROSS PACIFIC


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

17th September, 2015 86

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

19th March, 2016 78

THIS COULD BE THE WRECKAGE OF A PLANE THAT WENT MISSING IN CHILE 54 YEARS AGO


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

9th February, 2015 75

PATRICIO AYLWIN, PRESIDENT WHO GUIDED CHILE TO DEMOCRACY, DIES AGED 97


Groups of Chilean exiles protested at Aylwin's official visits... READ MORE

19th April, 2016 71

CHILE STARTS CLEANUP EFFORT AFTER POWERFUL TEMBLOR, TSUNAMI LEAVE 11 DEAD, 1 MILLION UPROOTED


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

17th September, 2015 62

EIGHT DEAD IN CHILE QUAKE, TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED


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

17th September, 2015 58

BILL UP FOR DEBATE IN CHILE WOULD ALLOW RECREATIONAL, MEDICINAL POT USE


Currently, Chileans are allowed to consume marijuana in private, but it is illegal to sell or grow the drug... READ MORE

6th April, 2015 39


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