Chile

The worst tragedy in the South American country since the 2010 earthquake has left at least 131 dead

According to local media, the right-wing ex-president crashed while piloting an aircraft in the south of the country

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

Gabriel Boric warned the death toll could worsen as four large fires burn in the region of Valparaiso, where firefighters have struggled to reach the most threatened neighborhoods

Chile’s Interior Minister Carolina Tohá says there are currently 92 forest fires burning in the center and south of the country, where temperatures have been unusually high this week

The farmer was the first person to encounter the Uruguayan rugby players from the plane crash, whose story is recounted in ‘Society of the Snow’

Journalists Marcelo Contreras and Rafael Valle release a book featuring 96 interviews, in which they refute myths about the industry during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship

Director Felipe Gálvez’s feature debut, recounting episodes from the genocide of the Selk’nam people in Tierra del Fuego, premieres in Latin America after winning the Film Critics Award at the Cannes Film Festival

At the end of August, Chilean president Gabriel Boric launched the Search Plan for more than 1,000 Chileans. Today, old judicial documents, many typewritten, have been digitized to apply cutting edge technology and cross-reference data

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

During the last five months, the new president has repeatedly faced attempts by a sector of the judiciary to derail the transition of power

Released in 1976, ‘Survive!’ was released well before the movies ‘Alive!’ and ‘Society of the Snow.’ The film was accused of exploiting and falsifying the events of the famous accident… although it has its defenders

A group of scientists in Chile are investigating how these South American rodents manage to survive at altitudes where no other vertebrate has ever been seen

Simón López Trujillo’s new sci-fi novel delves into real-world issues with deft lyricism

‘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 production company that created the ‘Star Wars’ saga alleges that the facility, located on the outskirts of Chile’s capital Santiago, infringes copyright

The Chilean artist uses her own body in performances to broadcast her people’s resistance. Facing down colonialism, she asks for collective, self-critical reflection

Two centuries after the speech that inaugurated the United States’ policy toward the region, five Democratic lawmakers call for an end to the Cuban embargo and the declassification of secret CIA files, as well as reforms to the IMF and the OAS

The story of Purita Valle reflects the suffering of migrants in Central America and Mexico, according to the latest report from Doctors Without Borders

The current charter was born in 1980, under the Pinochet dictatorship, but it has been amended 70 times since then. In 2022 the quorum required to modify it was lowered

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 South American country’s political actors have all staked their positions on the new constitutional text, causing some internal divisions within the parties

The Colombian president’s tweets and his Foreign Minister’s issues jeopardize the most positive aspect of his administration