Chileans vote in historic referendum to reform the constitution
SANTIAGO – Polling stations opened in Chile on Sunday for a historic referendum on whether to change a dictatorship-era constitution seen as underpinning the nation’s…
October 2020
Chilean court signs agreement to publish the Constitution in English
Gonzalo Díaz SANTIAGO – María Luisa Brahm, president of the constitutional court, this week signed a convention with the Comparative Constitutions Project for the Chilean…
Chile surpasses 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Chile has identified more than 500,000 cases of the new coronavirus since the outbreak began in March, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ministry…
‘All steps being taken to guarantee vote of all Chileans abroad,’ says Chancellor Allamand
Marcelo Montecinos SANTIAGO – Andres Allamand, the Minister of Foreign Relations, announced that 113 voting stations have been set up in 65 countries in order…
A tale of two Chiles; referendum on constitutional reform
While Chile’s rich and corporations enjoy low taxes, its poor and elderly struggle with nearly no social safety net.
Chile celebrates breeding of endangered Loa water frogs
SANTIAGO — A clutch of critically-endangered water frogs rescued from a muddy puddle in Chile’s driest desert has birthed 200 offspring at the country’s national…
Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina
Bolivia’s president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost…
Chileans mark anniversary of mass protests with peaceful rallies in the morning and riots and looting at night
Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago, Plaza Italia, renamed Plaza Dignidad, to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests…