Bachelet cancels Venezuela trip, holds crunch talks with key ministers
President cancels attendance at Mercosur summit and meets
with core cabinet members to discuss increasingly controversial
education reform agenda.
Embattled Education Minister More...Christian Democrats dissidents fail to wrest control from conservatives
Conservative old-guard wins 12 of 18 seats on center-left
DC party’s board during national assembly, tensions with Nueva Majoría
expected to continue.
DC veteran Gutenberg More...Hard right UDI party debates softening its approval of Pinochet years
Young members of Chile’s largest party seek to update
doctrine to acknowledge a ‘human rights deficit’ dating back to the
atrocities of the dictatorship.
UDI founders Jaime More...
This Week in Business: Consumers splurge online, miner faces cuts
Major stories from the world of trade, finance and economics: Insurance law under review, regional energy shakeup, contractors to expand Metro. Construction of the first sections More...Market wrap: Airliner Downgraded, fish stocks jump
July 21-25: Latin America’s largest airline descends after downgrade, fisheries continue to move based on health concerns. Though the company was able to retrieve a portion More...Human rights court annuls Mapuche convictions in historic decision
IACHR orders damages awarded to eight indigenous activists tried under anti-terrorism law, Justice Minister Goméz confirms More...Deputies call for closure of Pinochet-era militants’ ‘luxury prison’
Political right opposes call on president to close prison for dictatorship-era human rights abusers equipped with More...
District attorney seeks to re-try senator’s son for hit and run
Prosecution says evidence of the Martín Larráin’s inebriation
and his companion’s ‘reproachable’ attempts to mislead police...
Supporters of jailed anarchists set vehicles alight in two cities
Cars destroyed in Viña del Mar and Santiago following Tuesday church bombing, perpetrators again mention infamous...
Explosion at church linked to notorious anarchist group
Bomb outside church in capital has ‘similarities’ with recent metro bombing while police deactivate a third...
Soccer Roundup: Mirosevic downs former club Católica, Canales shines
Esteban Paredes and Gustavo Canales both bag braces in wins for More...Recall of ambassador to Israel sparks protests from Jewish community
Chilean senator proposes humanitarian plans for Palestinian refugees as Chile’s Jewish community brands the More...Chilean ambassador to Israel ‘recalled for consultation’
Government condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Gazans and orders Tel Aviv representative back to Santiago in strongest yet opposition to the conflict...Chilean senators to visit Palestine amid escalating conflict
Politicians again call for the immediate withdrawal of Chile’s ambassador to Israel, saying his presence makes the country ‘complicit in savagery..Experts measure six year-old stirrings of April’s massive earthquake
Study reveals the fatal earthquake that hit Iquique was six years in the making, new GPS technology leads to More...Bachelet enters reform spat to shield embattled Education Minister
Approval for education reform drops, as politicians label the administration’s signature bill ‘profoundly confused’ amid mixed messages from the government. Amid..Minister sends bill to allow citizen participation in education reform
New bill would grant citizens and student organizations a voice in education reform, though student leaders skeptical due to past failure..Santiago hospital workers march against privatized administration
Federation leaders call for the end of hospital
privatization, as a city hospital enters day 22 of its strike and
suspends..
This weekend in the capital: A German eccentric, the best of Peru
A roundup of some of the best culture, music, art, theater and film the city has to offer: Joseph Beuys in..
Political courage at La Moneda palace
Opinion: Bachelet must keep her election promise to bring about social equality and the return of long-seized ancestral lands to the..
Persecution, protest and piety: Palestinian refugees’ escape to Chile
The Santiago Times heard the story of two brothers’ move to Chile, believed to have the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the..
Protests: Avoiding the tear gas while getting the shot
Getting close to the action is all well and good if you are shooting a fish market or someone’s portrait, but..
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