In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Chilean head of state reviews his time in office and addresses his political future. ‘The depth of the changes we imagined went against the grain of what the majority of people wanted. We changed our priorities and our speed, but not our principles,’ he says, at the halfway point of his administration
Twice president, he broke the hegemony of the Chilean left in 2010, faced a social uprising, and at 74 had not abandoned the possibility of running for office again
According to local media, the right-wing ex-president crashed while piloting an aircraft in the south of the country
With 99% of the vote counted, the ‘no’ option has won by a margin of 10 percentage points. The country’s current charter was written in 1980, although it has undergone 70 reforms
The verdict in the Víctor Jara case half a century after his murder and the suicide of one of the convicted ex-military officers exposes the cracks in a country where no consensus exists on the condemnation of the September 1973 coup
Hernán Chacón Soto, 86, had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated homicide and 10 years for aggravated kidnapping for the assassinations of the singer and Littré Quiroga
The man behind the theft of 23 computers from the department headed by Giorgio Jackson is a 24-year-old criminal who made a video call from jail
The 57-year-old lawyer with nine children leads the Republican Party, which on Sunday became Chile’s leading political force. Critical of same-sex marriage and abortion, in 2007 he tried to ban the emergency contraceptive pill
José Antonio Kast’s Republican Party will have the final say on a new Constitution after securing a rightist majority on the 50-seat body. Gabriel Boric’s left did not achieve enough support to gain power of veto
The opposition to President Gabriel Boric is waging its own battle for hegemony: the Chile Vamos bloc, led by a new generation, is facing the extremist Republican Party
The left-wing administration of Gabriel Boric is concerned the May 7 vote to elect the members of the Constitutional Council will hand the right a sweeping majority
Writer Norman Mailer’s busy lifestyle shaped his family’s life. In her memoir, the eldest of his nine children discusses her relationship with the great New York author
After a 55-day search, police located the remains near La Silla Observatory in the Atacama Desert. The cause of death is still unclear; a student who traveled with him said the scholar acted strange the night before
The 48 passengers on the LATAM flight recounted scenes of panic as the aircraft lost an engine and was rocked in every direction. Aviation authorities in Chile, where the plane took off, have opened an investigation
Some 62% of Chileans voted against the progressive charter that was drafted to replace the document written under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship
After the 2010 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation, tens of thousands of people traveled to Brazil and Chile. Now they are looking to enter the US, but face many challenges on the journey
The country will face several elections this year in a climate marked by social divisions and political tension
The South American country’s vaccination campaign has already reached more than three million people, at a pace that is outstripping that of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Spain
The caretaker Socialist Party government proposed the Spanish capital as the new venue for the international event, which is set to take place between December 2 and 13
The parents of a five-year-old girl beat a young teen for 12 hours before killing him
Present to minister by business association sparks ire in a country grappling with gender violence
The pioneering plantation in southern Chile produces about 1.5 tons a year for medical use
But lax legislation means that the country’s top two manufacturers will likely get off lightly
New law took effect on Thursday following more than a decade of debate over gay marriage
Secretary Kerry gives Chilean leader 300 classified papers about the killing in Washington
At least eight people are dead and a million have been evacuated from their homes
Government plans to invest €229 billion in the region over the next 10 years