News of chile

Samba, football and tacos: Dua Lipa seduces Latin America with eye on local culture

Yesterday 12:10 British singer Dua Lipa captivated Latin America by embracing the passions and melodies of the countries she visited during her regional tour.

Peru Chile Migration

Scared Venezuelan migrants flee Chile and spark backlash

27-11-2025 14:24 Venezuelan migrants fleeing Chile’s tough policies has seen hundreds stranded at the Peru border. In response, the government in Lima is enforcing strict border control amid fears of a larger migration wave.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

‘America’s freedom advances’ – Argentina’s Milei and Chile’s Kast speak

18-11-2025 15:50 Pinochet admirer holds discussion with Argentina's libertarian leader after first round of Chilean election.

ANALYSIS

Crime, economic woes push South American voters to right

18-11-2025 15:36 Reasons why South Americans are electing right-wing candidates this year differ in each country, but they’re all driving the region in the same political direction.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

A pragmatic communist and a far-right leader: Chile's presidential finalists

17-11-2025 12:22 Leftist candidate Jeannette Jara and far-right leader José Antonio Kast will go head-to-head in Chile's presidential run-off next month.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

Three takeaways from Chile's election

17-11-2025 12:16 With the sum of the votes cast on the right more than doubling those on the left, José Antonio Kast can expect to dramatically expand his vote in the second round.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

Leftist, far-right candidates advance to Chilean presidential run-off

17-11-2025 12:13 Chile's leftist former labour minister Jeannette Jara and far-right leader José Antonio Kast will go head-to-head in a presidential run-off after topping Sunday's first round of voting in an election dominated by violent crime.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

Chile assets soar as election paves way for right-wing president

17-11-2025 12:01 José Antonio Kast emerged victorious among a field of right-wing candidates whose supporters he’s now likely to pick up, positioning him as the favourite in the December 14 run-off. Jeannette Jara moved on to the second round but with fewer votes than expected.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

Chile’s right targets migrants ahead of election

12-11-2025 16:37 Chile’s political right is seizing on anti-migrant sentiment ahead of Sunday’s elections. But beneath the hardline rhetoric lies an economy increasingly dependent on foreign workers.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

A Communist, YouTuber or Pinochet fan? Chile's presidential candidates

11-11-2025 22:46 Eight candidates are competing in Sunday's first round of voting for one of two spots in December's run-off – here's a look at the four leading the polls.

CHILE ELECTION 2025

Calls for 'mano dura' as crime-rattled Chile votes for president

11-11-2025 21:11 Illegal migration is a central issue in Chile's election campaign, with a majority of citizens linking a rise in crime to the migration wave; Left-winger Jeannette Jara is leading the polls, but would likely be defeated in a potential run-off against Pinochet cheerleader José Antonio Kast.

ELECTION IN CHILE

Presidential hopeful Kaiser vows to withdraw Chile from IACHR rights court

06-11-2025 20:31 Chilean libertarian Johannes Kaiser is promising to withdraw Chile from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in his latest bid for presidency.

Chile's Security Crisis

Pining for Pinochet: how crime fanned nostalgia for Chile's dictator

04-11-2025 18:40 As crime rates increase in Chile, public anxiety grows and demands for stronger security measures continue.

ECONOMY

Milton Friedman’s last Chicago Boy has warning for Javier Milei

03-11-2025 13:46 Rolf Lüders, one of the last of the original Chicago Boys, has a warning for President Javier Milei.

Kast Migrant Policy

Chile’s far-right candidate says migrants must pay for their own deportation

28-10-2025 15:50 Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast pledges migrants will cover their own deportation costs as Chile’s election campaign intensifies.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Tech companies push to stop Chile’s AI regulation plans

28-10-2025 12:50 Chile’s plan to regulate AI is facing pushback from tech giants during rapid industry growth and major investments.

Copa U-20 Results

Argentina and Colombia advance to Under-20 World Cup quarters

09-10-2025 12:28 Argentina and Colombia secure their spots in the U-20 quarter-finals with wins over Nigeria and South Africa, respectively.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Milei defends peso while billions spent outside Argentina

05-10-2025 23:32 Argentines are going on cross-border shopping sprees, costing Milei's government billions as it tries to prop up the peso

Immigration & Politics

Chile presidential hopeful vows to deport 'all' undocumented migrants

23-09-2025 13:18 Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast says he will deport all undocumented migrants from national territory if elected.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

‘Golden boy’ Milei is beginning to look like Chile’s Boric

20-09-2025 06:34 The self-proclaimed first anarcho-capitalist president in world history is under siege. A tough defeat in local elections in Buenos Aires Province laid bare a situation of absolute precariousness, with both markets and the political class testing his resolve.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Football violence

Independiente disqualified from Copa Sudamericana over stadium brawl

04-09-2025 21:43 Argentine side must also play its next 14 matches in CONMEBOL tournaments without its fans and pay a US$250,000 fine.

REGIONAL TENSIONS

Latin American nations concerned by US-Venezuela tension

04-09-2025 16:04 Washington ramps up regional crime fight; Trump confirms Washington killed 11 “terrorists” when it took down a boat allegedly carrying drugs into international waters.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Violence has no place in football, but clubs have responsibility

28-08-2025 13:42 The disgraceful scenes during and after Independiente's aborted Copa Sudamericana clash against Universidad de Chile have brought both clubs and football in South America into severe disrepute.

by Dan Edwards

Hooligan violence

Detained Chileans freed two days after football fan brawl in Argentina

22-08-2025 17:24 Authorities releases 104 Chileans detained following a bloody brawl that erupted during Copa Sudamericana match between Independiente and Universidad de Chile.

IN FOCUS

Why fan violence still sullies Latin American football

21-08-2025 19:20 From Mexico to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador, stadium violence continues to mar the beautiful game in football-mad Latin America.

FOOTBALL VIOLENCE

Blame game begins after fan violence at continental cup tie

21-08-2025 15:19 More than 100 arrests, serious injuries and a diplomatic fallout in the wake of hooligan brawl at Independiente’s Copa Sudamericana clash with Universidad de Chile; Authorities play blame game as Chile, FIFA, CONMEBOL condemns violence.

FOOTBALL VIOLENCE

Football game ends in violence as Argentines clash with Chileans

21-08-2025 14:28 Reports of injuries Wednesday night varied from more than a hundred to dozens at the Copa Sudamericana match between Independiente of Argentina and Universidad de Chile.

Hooliganism in stadiums

Ten hurt, 90 arrested as match abandoned amid football fan violence

21-08-2025 08:40 Ninety arrests and 10 people injured amid violent clashes between rival fans during a Copa Sudamericana match involving Independiente and Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires.

CHILEAN ELECTION 2025

Frontrunners in Chile's presidential race offer contrasting futures

19-08-2025 10:12 Eight candidates are running to be Chile's next president, with right winger José Antonio Kast – who has run for the top office twice before – and leftist Jeannette Jara leading the polls.

lithium mining

Europe's lithium quest hampered by China and lack of cash

20-06-2025 09:20 Too much regulation and not enough investment, the paradox facing a Europe –in need of lithium.

Football

Flying Argentina’s flag on the international stage

13-06-2025 18:09 Back-to-back tests against Chile and Colombia give reigning world champions perfect chance to blood a few new faces; Boca and River head to the US to fly the national flag at the Club World Cup.

by Dan Edwards

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chile, Google sign deal for first-ever South America-Asia fibre optic cable

05-06-2025 10:03 Dubbed the "Humboldt Project," the 14,800-kilometere cable will run from Valparaíso on Chile's Pacific coast to Sydney, Australia, via French Polynesia. According to Google, this will be the first such cable to directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Rio Tinto invests in major Chilean lithium project

19-05-2025 20:56 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco announced a partnership on Monday with British-Australian miner Rio Tinto to extract lithium from the Maricunga salt flat.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHILE

The battle by Chile torture site dwellers to remain

19-05-2025 13:51 Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway. But Colonia Dignidad, as it was previously known, is a byword for horror during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Lundin Mining reveals largest copper find in 30 years in Argentina

05-05-2025 17:27 BHP Group’s joint-venture partner Lundin Mining Corp declares companies’ Filo del Sol project in South America to be the largest discovery of copper in three decades.

Supply lines

Latin America is master of its markets, not Trump, Bradesco says

23-04-2025 22:34 Outlook for Latin American shares depends more on local elections and fiscal and monetary policy than it does Donald Trump’s tariff war.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Chile unveils ‘bioceanic road corridor’ plan to fanfare

15-04-2025 13:18 President Gabriel Boric presents massive infrastructure project – the cost of which was not revealed – that would link the north of Chile with Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay to form a new trade route between the Atlantic and the Asia-Pacific.

FUTURE OF UNITED NATIONS

Four Latin Americans who could become the UN’s next leader

10-04-2025 15:57 Latin American and Caribbean nations will seek to unite behind a single candidate in the contest to lead the United Nations, a move that see the first-ever female secretary-general.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Mercado Libre to invest US$2.6 billion in Argentina this year

09-04-2025 17:31 US$2.6-billion investment marks a 53% increase on last year’s figure and forms part of a wider regional expansion drive.

TRADE WARS

Trump attempting to be an ‘emperor,’ says Chile's Boric

02-04-2025 15:19 Chilean President says that at Trump’s inauguration, billionaires and tech gurus were “paying homage to someone who seems to pretend to be a new emperor.”

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Fifteen wild rheas transferred to Chile in bid to restore species

25-03-2025 10:20 Argentina and Chile achieve a conservation milestone with the first binational translocation of wild birds; Conservation effort is part of a push to boost population.

POLITICS IN CHILE

Chile presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei lauds Argentina budget cuts

22-03-2025 09:13 “In Argentina, they’ve cut spending with a speed and determination that’s incredible,” says Chile presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei.

ECONOMY

Surge in Argentine tourists fuels Chile retail earnings

11-03-2025 16:06 Argentina's strong peso encouraged 2 million people to travel to Chile last year, boosting earnings for retailers and airlines on the other side of the border.

CHILE ELECTIONS

Chile interior minister quits to run for president

05-03-2025 11:06 Chile's centre-left interior minister Carolina Tohá announces her bid for presidency, with opposition still dominating early polls.

Antarctica

Chilean president makes historic visit to South Pole

04-01-2025 09:03 Chile President Boric becomes the first Latin American leader to reach the Earth's southernmost point, according to his office.

BILATERAL SPAT

Chile sends note of protest to Argentina after Caputo's criticism of Boric

19-12-2024 09:25 Chile has sent a note of protest to Argentina’s government after its economy minister Luis Caputo branded President Gabriel Boric a "communist" who will "sink" the nation.

EDITORIAL

Home away from Rome

30-11-2024 05:06 Returning Argentina to the world is not a straight or single line like any flight abroad – nor for that matter like domestic economic policy.

CHILEAN LEADER

Chile President Gabriel Boric denies sexual harassment complaint

26-11-2024 09:20 Through his lawyer, Chilean President Gabriel Boric "categorically" denies allegations foiled in a criminal complaint claiming he sexually harassed a woman over a decade ago.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Pope hails four decades of peace between Argentina, Chile

25-11-2024 16:25 Pope Francis hosts a Vatican meeting to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Peace and Friendship Treaty between Argentina and Chile, signed on November 29, 1984, ending the Beagle Channel conflict.