Hundreds of Chileans, mainly students, protest in Santiago, erecting burning barricades to mark three years since a social uprising over inequality in the Andean nation.
All six of the region’s biggest economies may soon be run by leftist presidents with all eyes on Brazil’s upcoming run-off elections that could see the comeback of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a fresh ‘pink tide’.
Santiago Metro temporary suspends operation at various stations amid new protests, days after voters rejected a proposed constitution that had roots in student demonstrations three years ago.
The new constitution, focused on social rights, the environment, gender parity and indigenous rights, would have replaced Chile's dictatorship-era market-friendly current text.
Chileans head to the polls to decide whether to adopt a new constitution that aims to shift its market-driven society into one that is more welfare-based.
Scientists have identified the Subantarctic rayadito, a 16-gram brown bird with black and yellow bands, in the Diego Ramirez Islands, 100 kilometres from southern Chile's Cape Horn.
All legislators will need to be tested twice every four-year term and any positive results will be made public, in an effort to raise transparency standards in parliamentary work.
The National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin) has sent specialist personnel to the area to run an inquiry on the sinkhole.
If water cuts are applied, they will only be in one sector of the city at a time and for a maximum of 24 hours, according to the authorities.
US-based streaming service will begin offering subscribers in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru option to add as many as two people to "sub-accounts" at a monthly fee of $2 to $3, before making changes anywhere else.
Gabriel Boric takes over the reins of a country clamouring for change following mass protests in 2019, which he supported, against deep-rooted inequality.
Calderon, who died aged 93, was last person in world who could speak Yagan community's language and also created its dictionary with translations to Spanish.
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