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Ex-Chilean president dies in helicopter crash
New York Times, Published on 07/02/2024
» SANTIAGO - Sebastián Piñera, a former president of Chile who helped strengthen the nation’s young democracy after becoming its first conservative leader since a military dictatorship, died in a helicopter crash in Chile on Tuesday, the government said. He was 74.
Brazil's dirty campaign: a disinformation guide
AFP, Published on 21/10/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's election campaign has been an orgy of mudslinging, social media attacks and outright lies so outlandish they are sometimes comical.
Chile's millennial president promises change
AFP, Published on 12/03/2022
» SANTIAGO: Leftist ex-student activist Gabriel Boric was sworn in Friday as Chile's youngest-ever president and hailed the country's Marxist former leader Salvador Allende in his inaugural address to the nation.
Chile chooses president from polar opposites
AFP, Published on 17/12/2021
» SANTIAGO - A Chile in the throes of profound change will choose a president Sunday from polar opposite candidates vying for votes among an apathetic and alienated electorate.
Chile congress approves same-sex marriage bill
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» VALPARAíSO (CHILE) - Chile's congress on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
Chile congress approves same-sex marriage bill
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» VALPARAíSO (CHILE) - Chile's congress on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
Chile lawmakers set to approve same-sex marriage
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» SANTIAGO - Chile's parliament is set to approve a long-awaited bill Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
Stocks soar after Chileans vote for polar opposite presidential candidates
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» SANTIAGO - Santiago's stock market surged Monday after a far-right fiscal conservative and a left-wing former student activist dominated Chile's presidential election and will vie next month to become the South American country's new leader.
Chileans to elect new president in fast-changing political landscape
AFP, Published on 21/11/2021
» SANTIAGO - Chileans head to the ballot box for the fourth time in 18 months Sunday, this time to elect a new president on whose watch the country will draft its first post-dictatorship constitution.
Chile's Senate declines to impeach president over business deal revealed in Pandora Papers
AFP, Published on 17/11/2021
» SANTIAGO - Chile's Senate declined Tuesday to impeach President Sebastian Pinera over a business deal revealed in the Pandora Papers leaks, refusing to go along with the lower chamber of Congress in opening proceedings against him.