An eco-terrorist group said it was responsible for a parcel bomb that detonated at the home of the chairman of the board of Chilean state-owned mining giant Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer. In an […]
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s daughter-in-law Natalia Compagnon may face up to five years of imprisonment due to accusations of fraud. SANTIAGO — Chilean prosecutors have launched a new formal criminal investigation targeting President Michelle Bachelet’s […]
Ricardo Lagos, a leading opponent of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet who later went on to serve as president from 2000 to 2006, on Saturday accepted his party’s nomination to run in the 2017 presidential […]
Chile on Saturday declared a local state of emergency over wildfires plaguing the landmark tourist-draw city of Valparaiso. The hilly Pacific city, part of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been put under […]
A Chilean inventor has built an incredible, low-cost wheelchair that can be controlled with facial gestures and thoughts with the hope that it will change the lives of the disabled throughout the country. Hello World’s […]
The economy, workers rights, education and Indigenous struggles will be key to Chile as it heads to an election this year. In recent years, Chile has been known as one of Latin America’s most stable […]
Chile’s Transmisora Eléctrica del Norte (TEN) has received US$854mn of debt capital for the construction, operation and maintenance of a 600km power transmission line. The loan is structured in four different tranches of amounts ranging […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s private pension system has come under fire again, months after being at the center of a heated national debate since last July, with former president Ricardo Lagos calling for ‘decent pensions’. The […]
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean authorities have evacuated about 160 female inmates from a prison in Valparaiso after wind carried in sparks from a nearby wildfire. Valparaiso Police Chief Jaime Barria said Wednesday that there were […]
SANTIAGO – At least four people died on Sunday when the small plane they were traveling in crashed near the Lequecahue airport in Chile’s southern Biobio region, police said. Four passengers — a woman and […]
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