A Chilean court convicted and sentenced a former U.S. citizen on Sunday to 11 years in prison for firing a gun last year into a protest in a coastal city in the South American country. […]
Isabel Cocker / The Santiago Times Staff Just days before the presidential elections, reporter Isabel Cocker returns home, to the United Kingdom. Through her work for The Santiago Times she got to know Chile from […]
SANTIAGO – Angry protestors burned a bus and scattered pamphlets in protest of an upcoming visit by Pope Francis to the Araucania region, which has long been a site of attempts by the Mapuche indigenous […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – A march through Chilean capital in support of Indigenous Peoples’ Day was broke up Monday by riot police, despite having official government permission to hold the rally. The […]
SANTIAGO – Violent clashes erupted between police and hundreds of demonstrators supporting Mapuche prisoners in the Chilean capital, Santiago. Demonstrators demanded freedom for four hunger-striking members of the Mapuche community who are accused of arson […]
SANTIAGO – The Mapuche-related unrest has intensified in Chile after the arrest of at least 30 people who staged a protest outside the Cathedral of Concepcion. During the demonstrations in the southern city of Chile, […]
SANTIAGO – With Chile struggling to qualify for the World Cup, fans of star footballer Alexis Sanchez have launched a campaign against his girlfriend Mayte Rodriguez. A Facebook page has been set up titled: ‘March […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Tens of thousands of students, staff and other supporters of state universities marched today in cities across the country as the controversial draft education law was being voted […]
Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Students from Chile’s main public universities continued protesting on Thursday against a proposed law which would see universities losing some of their autonomy and would, according to their […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of students demonstrating for free education in the Latin American country. The Confederation of Chilean Students, also known as Confech, held a […]
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