Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after quake
Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following...
‘Rebirth’: Chileans vote by millions to tear up Pinochet’s constitution
Chileans poured into the country’s main squares on Sunday night after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country’s Pinochet-era...
Chile anniversary rallies turn violent as churches burned, police fire tear gas
Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that left over 30 dead...
Chilean miner trapped underground a decade ago recalls the day he saw the light
The spectacular rescue a decade ago of 33 miners trapped for two months underground in Chile´s far-flung Atacama desert made headlines around the world. One...
Chile protest marred as teenager falls from bridge amid police clashes
A protest in Chilean capital Santiago was marred by a controversial incident late on Friday when a teenage boy fell from a bridge into a...
Chile’s capital becomes hot spot for cougar sightings
A cougar cub was captured in a posh Santiago neighborhood near the foothills of the Andes mountains, National Zoo officials said, the latest in a...
Chile court shuts gold mine over environmental fears
The multi-billion dollar Pascua Lama project, which straddles Chile's border with Argentina at an altitude of 4,000 meters (13,100 feet), has been the subject of...
Chileans urged to be ‘prudent’ during independence day celebrations
Chile’s health minister has urged Chileans to celebrate the country’s independence day holiday on Friday “prudently” amid fears that a special permit allowing people to...
Police say 100 arrested as clashes mark Chile coup anniversary
A demonstrator is hit by a jet from a water cannon during a protest in homage to the victims of Chile's 1973 military coup, in...
Chile extends state of catastrophe due to pandemic by 90 days
Chile has extended the country’s state of catastrophe due to the coronavirus pandemic for a further 90-day period, the government said in a statement on...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Coquimbo, Chile: EMSC says
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck 50 km (31.07 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo in Chile, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Saturday. The...
Chile unemployment hits new record of 13%
Chile's Labor Minister says the country has reached record numbers of people out of work Martin BERNETTI AFP Unemployment in Chile has reached a new...