Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship in 1990.

Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones and other smart devices during classes at elementary and middle schools

How does Chile, a country of 16 million residents and geographically isolated by the Atacama and the Andes, compete in a world of 6 billion individuals and in a region of economic and political powerhouses? Countries such as Brazil (with 190 million ...

Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians (also known as Mapuches) inhabited central and southern Chile. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the ...

Few countries ever go from poor to rich. But tiny Chile, in a corner of South America, has for 20 years been quietly and successfully fighting poverty; and posting some of the world's most impressive economic growth numbers. Chile is months away from ...

Chile may not be as big as Brazil or have as many IT professionals who speak English as they have in Mexico, but that hasn’t deterred global sourcing leaders in this Southern Cone country from putting a lot of muscle behind a thriving outsourcing industry.

First impressions — immediately after seeing the film: Witnessing a second Chilean revolution in the making. A flame that slowly became a fire. The government’s weapons: oppression, state violence, tanks, water cannons, teargas, guns — 400 ...

Given the political upheaval in Venezuela and Brazil, Chile remains a good-news story for South America. But times have gotten bit tougher in recent years and, as in other developing countries, Chile’s leaders are a victim of their country’s recent ...

Chile is one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations. It has been relatively free of the coups and arbitrary governments that have blighted the continent. The exception was the 17-year rule of General Augusto Pinochet, whose 1973 coup was one ...

Chileans have elected the most right-wing presidential candidate since the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship over three and a half decades ago. In a runoff held on Dec. 14, 2025, José Antonio Kast,