Chile Articles

‘I can’t think of a place more pristine’: 133,000 hectares of Chilean Patagonia preserved after local fundraising

Exclusive: Ancient forests and turquoise rivers of the Cochamó Valley protected from logging, damming and developmentA wild valley in Chilean...

Chile’s new far-right head is latest Latin American leader to ride hardline wave to power

From the US to Hungary to Argentina, rightwing leaders are praising José Antonio Kast’s win in Chile’s presidential raceJosé Antonio Kast’s victory...

Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast favourite to become Chile’s next president after first round vote

The ultraconservative lawyer is in pole position going into the second round election, after running a campaign with a distinctly Trumpian feel​The...

World must deny Israel ‘tools of genocide’, says growing alliance of activist states

New York meeting of Hague Group warns of shared responsibility to prevent genocide and proposes steps to isolate IsraelThe international community...

‘We’re still in the dark’: a missing land defender and the deadly toll of land conflict on Indigenous people

Julia Chuñil is one of 146 land defenders who were killed or went missing last year, a third of them from Indigenous communitiesOne day last...