March 25th 2015 — 26 people have died, and a further 125 people are missing after mudflows and flash flooding in the Atacama Desert and surrounding region. It took only…
Last week one of Chile’s most active, and most picturesque, volcanoes erupted for the first time in 24 years, the longest period of dormancy in 600 years. As a result,…
Last week, Military courts in Peru arrested two officers and are investigating a third for allegedly spying for historic rival Chile, according to Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano. If found guilty,…
At the end of January, Chilean President Michele Bachelet officially drafted a bill to end the blanket ban on abortion that has recently seen a revival of controversy with the…
On Wednesday, 21st January 2015, Rodrigo Lledó, head lawyer for Chile’s Human Rights Department, released the statement that they would be reopening the investigation into the country’s best-loved poet Pablo Neruda’s…
In a shockingly rapid escalation of events, on the 30th December 2014, the Chilean Health Minister (now ex-Minister) Helia Molina officially resigned from her duties. This comes after a universal…
Above image: Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) was created from images obtained using the Wide Field Imager (WFI), an astronomical camera attached to an ESO telescope at the La Silla…
21st November 2014 – two colonels who had been charged in July 2012 with the torture and subsequent death of President Michele Bachelet’s father have both been sentenced to prison…
On the 7th of November 2014, former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, currently a social democrat politician, called for a relaxation of Chile’s drug laws and more specifically, the legalization…
Arrest, incarceration and bail of ex-military leader Colonel Labbé; part of ongoing human rights violation investigation; lifting the immunity of the military over crimes and abuse inflicted during Pinochet’s regime….
CHILE: Miners’ four-year anniversary of triumphant escape Monday, 13th October 2014, marks exactly four years to the day “Los 33” (the 33 Chilean miners) were rescued from 700 metres underground, in…
Much has been written recently about the cost of the World Cup or corruption in FIFA. In the midst of this it is easy to lose sight of the euphoria…
Controversial HidroAysén project stalled by Chilean government; questions remain over Chile’s long-term energy strategy. #ChaoHidroAysén. For at least a week before the Chilean government’s final decision, on 10 June, to throw…
The story is so absurd it is hard to believe. Two weeks ago, the 31-year-old visual artist Francisco Tapia known as Papas Fritas (Fried Potatoes) stole and set fire to…
Violence followed a peaceful march by students on May 8, 2014 in Concepción, Chile. Thursday May 8 saw the first nationally-organised direct action by Chilean students for free and higher-quality…
UDI Party chooses new president; Bachelet’s negatives on the rise; Piñera’s health reform legacy in dispute
Labor movement marks May Day with Santiago march; Bachelet moves to improve Chile’s air quality; Media battle over tax reform heats up
Bachelet proposes electoral reform; Nueva Mayoría and UDI clash; Chile weighs its options ahead of Hague dispute with Bolivia
China buys Peru’s largest copper mine even as a decade of resource-led growth starts to come to an end; Chile and Peru must diversify as demand for copper wanes worldwide…
Housing crisis in Valparaíso after devastating fires; Chileans now one step closer to absentee voting rights; Christian Democrats confirm support for president’s tax reform plan