Chile

The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the Cerro Paranal telescopes in the Atacama Desert

The phenomenon is expected to last until April, with more humidity in Central America and northern South America, and more droughts in the center and south of the region

Argentina said the Chavista leader clings to his position ‘by imposing himself through fear, aggression, murder and prison.’ Other large countries, on the political left and right, also refused to recognize him as a legitimate leader

The Chilean-French expert leads Zero Mothers Die, a cellphone application that provides information to combat maternal and neonatal mortality in countries facing extreme poverty

NASA’s probe will enter the star’s atmosphere on Christmas Eve, making the closest pass ever of the Sun’s surface, to try to unravel the mystery of why it is so much hotter than its surface

Film researcher Jaime Córdova has recovered ‘The Scarlet Drop,’ one of the earliest films by American director John Ford, from a warehouse sale in Santiago and brought it back to the screen

WOH G64 is a red supergiant 160,000 light-years from Earth demonstrating erratic behavior over the last decade

In a new book, Chilean researcher Cristóbal Marín describes the exploitation and colonization suffered by the Fuegian ethnic groups, both inside and outside their territory

For the past decade, feminist movements in Latin America have been rediscovering and reclaiming the forgotten women revolutionaries who played a role in the Spanish-American wars

Chile has failed to stop cars driving over the large designs etched into the rock of this vast landscape. Aerial images this September revealed the extent of the destruction

A team of scientists has managed to capture unprecedented images of a pod, led by the matriarch ‘Dakota,’ feeding on the coasts of the Antofagasta region

The study of 15 ancient corpses debunks the myth of the collapse of Easter Island due to overexploitation

Novelist Francisca Solar’s latest work is based on the ignored 1864 tragedy. ‘The New York Times’ headline at the time spoke of ‘a scene impossible to exaggerate... it cannot even be described’

The geometric, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic figures are large, some almost 100 feet in height, and experts note that it is hard to claim not to have seen them

Increasingly affordable and more sophisticated, batteries are the key to generating a paradigm shift in global energy and economics

According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), violence has weakened states, increased the cost of doing business, and costs the region 3.5% of GDP

The red metal deposit located in the Chilean region of O’Higgins, which is controlled by the state copper company Codelco, is moving towards green mining: it reuses tires and uses 100% electric buses

In an interview, with EL PAÍS, the Venezuelan opposition leader says she’s convinced that a change in the country is possible this time: ‘Our records are available for anyone who wants to analyze them’

Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, lieutenant of the Venezuelan-born transnational organization, fled Chile in 2022. He was the leader of a criminal cell named La Compañía

Both countries declare war on the organization founded in Venezuela, and offer up to $12 million for three of its leaders. Spain has extradited Gerson Guerrero, brother of gang leader ‘Niño Guerrero’

EL PAÍS predicts the outcome of the tournament, in which Argentina and Brazil start as favorites, although in one out of every three simulations another team will win. Predictions are updated every day

From June 20 to July 14, the United States will be filled with fans from all over the continent. Here is the complete schedule of the championship

The final match of this edition of the tournament organized by CONMEBOL and CONCACAF will be played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida

The American academic has published the first of three books dedicated to the Chilean poet, the only female Nobel Prize winner in the region and the first of the great writers to publicly identify as ‘mestiza’

The photography and travel blog ‘Capture the Atlas’ has published its annual collection of the “Milky Way Photographer of the Year” with the 25 best snapshots of the galaxy from different parts of the world. The final 25 photos have been selected from more than 5,000 entries

EL PAÍS visited the Indigenous territory’s penitentiary center, located in one of the most isolated corners of the planet