A Chilean court Wednesday upheld a decision to keep an Army captain and two other military officers under preventive detention measures for the death of Ecuadorian student Romario Veloz during the 2019 social uprisings. After […]
SANTIAGO – The Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army, Ricardo Martinez admitted that officers sold weapons to gangs of drug traffickers in a new case of corruption in the military branch, which ignited the alarms of […]
SANTIAGO – A Chilean court has convicted the country’s former army chief for his role in the killing of 15 people during the early days of Augusto Pinochet’s military rule. General (r) Juan Emilio Cheyre, […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean Army has confirmed the resignation of General (r) John Griffiths, as Chief of Staff after he was accused of fraud to the treasury. The announcement on Tuesday afternoon came shortly after […]
SANTIAGO – A report on the TV program “Informe Especial” (Special Report), broadcast by Chile’s TVN, has added fuel to the fire about the juicy pensions for disability received by healthy retired military officers. Among […]
SANTIAGO – President Michelle Bachelet has asked for forgiveness from Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people for “errors and horrors” committed by the state, promising to give them more power and resources. Speaking from La Moneda presidential […]
SANTIAGO – The Commander of the Canadian Army, Lieutenant General Paul Wynnyk, traveled to Chile on Tuesday to meet with his counterpart, General Humberto Oviedo Arriagada of the Chilean Army. This four-day visit, concluding on […]
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