At least four million people in Chile’s capital city, Santiago, had their water turned off from Saturday through Monday. The shutdown affected households in 27 of the city’s 35 municipal districts. It’s the latest...
Canada’s International Trade Minister said Monday that Ottawa intends to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but that does not mean that the federal government will ratify the massive trade deal. In a statement, Chrystia Freeland...
The global market crash that began in China and spread across the world this week has far-reaching consequences, especially when it comes to economies based on commodities like oil and minerals. In Chile, the...
In Chile, hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets in ongoing demonstrations demanding free public education. President Michelle Bachelet signed an education reform bill into law last Friday, but the country’s...
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet gave her annual address Thursday as ongoing corruption scandals plague her administration and student protests have intensified after the fatal shooting of two demonstrators last week. Joshua Tucker reports from...
Forty-one years ago this weekend, two U.S. citizens, Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi were arrested in Santiago by Chilean security forces in the days following a bloody coup . Both were killed and a...
In the Chilean port city of Valparaíso, residents are starting to rebuild after massive fires killed fifteen people and leveled nearly three thousand homes this April. The government is offering housing subsidies to those...
Most of Chile’s public school students don’t have classes today. That’s because the Colegio de Profesores, the largest teachers’ union in the country, is on strike and holding marches in all of the country’s...
EPA announces proposed limits on CO2 emissions from power plants by 2030 Senate committee debates proposed constitutional amendment to rein in campaign spending Chile considers gender quotas for political slates A “blueprint” for community-driven...
The Chilean Congress is considering a bill that would institute political gender quotas. Political parties and coalitions would be required to field at least forty percent female candidates. Chilean legislators have tried to introduce...
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