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As of Saturday morning, there were 251 wildfires raging throughout Chile, 151 of which were under control, according to Chile’s Senapred disaster agency. Chile extended an emergency declaration to yet another region on Saturday as firefighters struggled to control dozens of raging wildfires that have claimed at least 22 lives …

Voters in Chile will choose between two candidates with polar opposite views. Recent opinion polls show left-wing candidate Gabriel Boric leading right-wing populist Jose Antonio Kast. Chileans are casting their ballots Sunday in a hotly contested runoff between two candidates offering starkly divergent visions of the country’s future on a …

A huge fire at a factory in Santiago spewed out a dense gray plume of smoke over the Chilean capital city on Monday, forcing some planes to be diverted and neighborhood schools and nurseries to be suspended. The fire broke out at the factory of construction materials in the municipality …

For many Chileans, Plaza Baquedano, a broad rotary in central Santiago that for decades served as a center of social protest, has become a powerful symbol of hope. For two years, city residents have regularly gathered here to protest pensions that are too low, public transit fees that are too …

Thousands of Cubans took to Cuba’s streets from Havana to Santiago on Sunday, frustrated by months of the crisis, pandemic restrictions, and what they said was government neglect. By late afternoon President and head of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel was speaking to the nation, saying the United States was …

Chileans began to vote on Saturday in a mega-election in which they will pick mayors, governors, councilors, and critically, the 155 men and women who will draft the country’s next constitution. Changing the constitution was a central demand to emerge from fierce social protests that erupted over inequality and elitism …

The Chilean government has agreed to write a new constitution to replace one dating back to the Pinochet dictatorship, bowing to the demands of protesters who have taken to the streets in often violent demonstrations in recent weeks. Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel said the president, cabinet members, and political allies …

Clashes erupted between anti-government demonstrators and the riot police during the so-called ‘Super Monday’ of protests on the streets of Chile’s capital city of Santiago on Monday. The riot police used water cannons and tear gas as they tried to disperse the protesters gathered near Plaza Italia square, who, in …

The Chilean Army has declared another curfew as it struggles to contain violence that was triggered by transport fare hikes in Santiago but has since spilled over beyond the capital, fueled by outrage over social inequality. To prevent looting and arson attacks, thousands of armed troops have been patrolling the …

Harrowing photographs show the mayhem in downtown Santiago, following violent protests sparked by a recent fare hike for public transport in the Chilean capital. The country’s president has announced a state of emergency. Addressing the nation in the early hours of Saturday, President Sebastian Pinera said that he would invoke …