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The provisional ruling affects citizens who obtained nationality under the Democratic Memory Law, known as the ‘Grandchildren’s Law’

Fifty-one percent of people aged 18 to 34 no longer identify with a religion. But more than half of those who do not belong to any church still believe in God

The election of Abelardo de la Espriella as Colombia’s president marks the latest advance of leaders and movements that are reshaping the political map of the region. With the notable exceptions of Mexico and Brazil, the right is gaining ground and threatening to roll back many of the political and social advances of recent decades

Conservationists warn that the species’ habitat in Chile’s Maule region could disappear if plans for an electricity interconnection proceed

The genealogy website MyHeritage houses a collection on the emigration to countries like Mexico, Argentina and Cuba by Spaniards who found themselves on the losing side of the Civil War

The oldest virus samples found on American soil had already fully adapted to humans

Bernarda Vera was 27 in 1973 and a member of the MIR revolutionary movement. Her name was on the official list of victims of the repression in Chile

A new Europe-led observatory could map half the universe where the light comes from galaxies buried behind starlight-dimming dust

A study examines the genetic and metabolic mechanisms that allow the South American rodent to live on the summit of the world’s second-highest active volcano

Víctor Torres played a key role in the operation that pulled a security guard alive from the parking garage of a collapsed building eight days after the earthquake

Lomas Los Colorados receives 18,000 tons of garbage a day. The community of Til Til has spent three decades living amid the stench and the waste

The damage in Caracas and La Guaira has reignited the debate over the safety standards required for buildings in earthquake-prone countries

Right-wing governments are now in power in 12 countries in their various forms, as hardline security policies, rollbacks of women’s and minority rights, and alliances in Trump’s orbit gain ground

The prosecutor, who leads inquiries into the transnational criminal organization, reveals he had information that its boss had been in Venezuela for a few days. ‘Our aspiration was to bring him before the courts,’ he says

After fleeing Hitler’s regime, the Zoellners suffered the theft of a major collection of paintings and antique furniture. Over five decades later, Deborah Zoellner resumed the search and has already managed to locate part of that lost family treasure

The literature professor from Santiago de Chile has published a unique work of nonfiction that examines parent-child relationships through her own experience with her father, the physician Miguel Kottow

Business leaders, analysts and heads of international institutions analyze the area’s economic opportunities in a world shaken by the reordering of blocs

A report warns of the environmental and social impact of at least 28 mining-related projects that have deepened the relationship between the region and the Asian giant despite Trump’s efforts to sever those ties

A German foundation is taking the pulse of the region, which has become the main stage for the power struggle between the two superpowers

PhD candidate Marta Miñarro discovered a rare specimen that lays large eggs and cares for its tadpoles once they hatch

Argentine environmentalist Horacio Werner, director of Agenda Antártica, analyzes one of the longest-lasting experiments in international cooperation

Chile’s withdrawal of its support for the former president brings the selection process for António Guterres’ successor to the forefront. Pundits believe the winning candidate will probably be a woman and hail from Latin America

The opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate attracted a crowd of over 15,000 people to a demonstration in Santiago, where she had traveled to attend José Antonio Kast’s inauguration

The president received the presidential sash from leftist Gabriel Boric, marking the start of a new political stage focused on security, the economy and immigration

The new president, an ally of far-right leaders worldwide, has promised an emergency government focused on law and order, and economic growth