A trip to the prison on Easter Island: ‘It’s paradise’
EL PAÍS visited the Indigenous territory’s penitentiary center, located in one of the most isolated corners of the planet
EL PAÍS visited the Indigenous territory’s penitentiary center, located in one of the most isolated corners of the planet
The criminal organization accused of murdering former soldier Ronald Ojeda was first detected in the South American country three years ago
For the first time, the Chilean victim is able to hug her children, who were taken from her at birth and adopted off to a family in the United States. ‘I couldn’t believe it when they told me they were alive,’ she tells EL PAÍS
The Chilean director of Oscar-nominated ‘La Memoria Infinita’ talks about her creative process and how her characters’ pain becomes her own.
The worst tragedy in the South American country since the 2010 earthquake has left at least 131 dead
In El Olivar, one of the towns devastated by the fires in Viña del Mar, residents take turns on watch at night to prevent new outbreaks of arson or looting
The death toll from the fires in the Valparaíso region is at least 122, but authorities warn that the number will continue to rise
The most unknown side of the socialist government – which ruled Chile between 1970 and 1973, until Pinochet’s coup d’état – has been revealed by an exhibition and a book: the prominence of graphic and industrial design
The founder of Lighthouse Reports, a platform created to investigate how governments use algorithms to make decisions, warns about the need to regulate this revolutionary technology
‘Bloomberg’ attributes a fortune of $28.8 billion to the widow of Andrónico Luksic Abaroa, the founder of Chile’s largest business empire. Fontbona is the matriarch of the family
The Chilean researcher emphasizes that we must think about a political system from the perspective of those who live on its margins
The monumental structure in the Chilean desert is the European Southern Observatory’s star project. Construction has passed the halfway mark and the device is on track to see its first light in 2028
The expert believes the U.S. involvement in the 1973 coup is a blemish on the former statesman’s legacy: ‘It’s a story that has haunted Kissinger’s legacy and will now haunt his ghost’
According to sport journalist Francys Romero, 61 Cubans have broken their contracts or defected so far this year
A national referendum will be held on Dec. 17 to either approve or reject the document. This is Chile’s second attempt to put an end to the Constitution of 1980, which came into effect during Pinochet’s dictatorship
The 24-year-old gang boss made boastful and revealing videos in prison about the country’s shadowy drug subculture
Thousands of people attended a concert in tribute to the victims at the closing ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of Pinochet’s coup
The lay Catholic women published an open letter saying they experienced an environment of abuse similar to what the plaintiff described in her complaint
Alejandro Artigas, now 74-years-old, describes a ‘Dantean scene’ and ‘a sepulchral silence’ in the office where President Salvador Allende lay dead, after the coup plotters bombed the palace
Buenos Aires saw its hottest beginning to August in 117 years while the thermometer soared to 102.2ºF in some areas of southern Brazil
Declassified documents from the U.S. National Security Archive reveal a telephone conversation between the president and national security advisor after the failed CIA-backed plot
The Chilean writer recounts the ins and outs of her 1989 interviews with the dictator, after his defeat in the plebiscite that would have extended his time in power. ‘He was a very toxic figure… it wasn’t a pleasant experience,’ she tells EL PAÍS
Of the 222 stone statues damaged last October, 22 show ‘serious alterations,’ according to the UNESCO-led investigation
An immigrant family grieves after a respiratory virus outbreak claimed their little girl’s life
Chile kicks off a decisive stage to rewrite a text that aims to bury the country’s Pinochet dictatorship-era constitution
Ahead of Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, the National Security Archive has published a selection of declassified documents that illustrate the ‘darker side’ of the former U.S. secretary of State
A Beretta belonging to the former military coup leader was recovered by police after an attack on a house in Valdivia, leading to the reopening of a 10-year-old investigation over the theft of 17 weapons from his former residence