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›
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›
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›
Damage done by a landslide is seen in Villa Santa Lucia, Los Lagos, Chile December 16, 2017 in this still image obtained from social media... READ MORE›
Quezada doesn't see much hope of things changing as a result of Chile's presidential elections on Sunday ... READ MORE›
Grey glacier is located in the Southern Patagonian ice field, just west of the Cordillera del Paine... 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›
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›
Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera takes part in a campaign rally in Santiago, Chile November 17, 2017... 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›
According to Silber, the Santiago subway is behind in terms of public policies that seek to prevent sexual assault inside public transportation... 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›
Post to Facebook Chilean poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer, experts say The leftist writer died in the chaos following Chiles 1973 right-wing military coup... READ MORE›
In the 1972 disaster, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes... READ MORE›
Roberto Kozak was born on 14 May 1942, in a rural village in north-east Argentina... READ MORE›
Eight mostly small ports in the area were closed, Chile's Navy said... READ MORE›
Indigenous residents of Chile's famed Easter Island have voted to create the largest marine protection zone in Latin America... READ MORE›
A rare snowfall in the Chilean capital Santiago has caused disruption and blackouts, leaving thousands of residents shivering in the dark... READ MORE›
The machine works well enough that it is now being heralded as lifeline for people throughout Chile and South America who need access to clean water... READ MORE›
Chile had been one of seven Roman Catholic countries with an abortion ban in all circumstances... READ MORE›
Tsunami warnings have been issued in Chile and Peru, following a strong earthquake near Iquique... READ MORE›
The dorado catfish travels 11,600km from the Andes to the mouth of the Amazon and back, but is threatened by dams and mining... READ MORE›
A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck Chile Wednesday night in the community of Illapel 142 miles north of Santiago leaving at least three people dead... 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›
The indigenous health care providers in the south of the country mostly serve the Mapuche community... READ MORE›
Measures relaxed on Monday night after cars were ordered off streets of Santiago, businesses shut and 7 million residents told to stay indoors... READ MORE›
The court upheld an appeal filed on the El Morro mine by the Diaguita community in northern Chile... READ MORE›
Expedition member Leonardo Albornoz told Chile's Channel 7 they're keeping the exact site secret to prevent looting... READ MORE›
Tens of thousands of people in Chile have taken part in demonstrations against the country's controversial privatised pension system... READ MORE›
Air pollution in Santiago has got so bad that the country's Environment Ministry has had to issue an environmental state of emergency warning... 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›
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›
Latam Airlines and Sky Airlines said their southern Chile routes were operating without major delays... 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›
Chile's capital Santiago has just broken a 100-year-old old record... 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›
Video Helicopter explodes after spinning out of control on streets of Santiago, Chile... READ MORE›
The Chileans alerted their Brazilian counterparts, who arrested Lendrum at Sao Paulo airport with an incubator containing four albino peregrine falcon eggs... 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 Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the quake struck 10 kilometres below the surface... READ MORE›
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