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›
Alberto Fujimori pardon Another blow to tackling impunity in Latin America?... 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›
The conservative billionaire, who represents the right-wing Chile Vamos coalition, was previously president between 2010 and 2014... 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›
Quezada doesn't see much hope of things changing as a result of Chile's presidential elections on Sunday ... 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›
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›
Is there a role for art in demanding justice and memorialising those killed in Chile and Guatemala?... READ MORE›
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›
In her memoir, Mi Life with Pablo Neruda, the poet's wife and muse Matilde Urrutia never mentioned Araya's claim... READ MORE›
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of prostate cancer, forensic experts have said... READ MORE›
Roberto Kozak was born on 14 May 1942, in a rural village in north-east Argentina... 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›
Chile had been one of seven Roman Catholic countries with an abortion ban in all circumstances... 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›
Tens of thousands of people in Chile have taken part in demonstrations against the country's controversial privatised pension system... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
The two men tortured general Alberto Bachelet, father of current President Michelle Bachelet, after his imprisonment for treason during the Pinochet regime... READ MORE›
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›
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›
Augusto Pinochets former bodyguard detained at Santiago military base... 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›
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›
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›
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›
Groups of Chilean exiles protested at Aylwin's official visits... 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›
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