Juan Manuel Santos was cited for reaching a peace agreement with the FARC insurgency. Earlier this week, Colombia’s voters narrowly rejected the peace deal in a binding referendum. OSLO, NORWAY – Colombian President Juan Manuel […]
The Death Caravan was the name of a military operation that killed almost 100 political prisoners in Chile beginning on Sept. 30, 1973. Former Army Commander Juan Emilio Cheyre and six military officials were arrested […]
As growing interest in electric cars and energy-storage drives up global demand for lithium, companies with concessions to exploit Chile’s vast resources could find themselves in an enviable position if the government loosens restrictions. Dubbed […]
Chile is one of only six nations in the world where a woman can be prosecuted for having an abortion whatever the circumstances. Its first female president, Michelle Bachelet, is trying to change that, against […]
Chile’s government will consider issuing debt for the equivalent of up to $10.5 billion on local and international markets next year, according to a copy of the 2017 fiscal budget bill seen by Reuters on […]
The Chile Football Association (ANFA) dealt a four-year ban to Claudio Abarca after the General Velazquez goalkeeper kicked the face of Estacion Central’s Diego Diaz and fractured the forward’s jaw in three places. The kick […]
Ambassador of Chile Verónica Chahin was resplendent in traditional dress at her country’s National Day celebration at the Residence, in commemoration of the proclamation of the First Governing Body on September 18, 1810, which marked […]
The 2016//17 cruise season for the Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile will see a drop in the number of calls, from 121 to 86, of which 83 in Punta Arenas and 3 […]
Colombians have rejected a peace deal to end 52 years of war with Farc guerrillas, throwing the country into confusion about its future. With counting completed from 98 per cent of polling stations, the no […]
SANTIAGO, Chile, October 3, 2016 – Chile’s Senate could vote this week on a bill making abortion legal in cases of rape, life-threatening fetal deformity, and risk to the life of the mother. The bill, […]
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