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The new president won office by promising to clean up crime, but his background is red rag to a bull for many

José Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban

Far-right hardliner José Antonio Kast has been elected Chile's next president after a decisive runoff victory, pledging deep spending cuts, tougher security, and mass deportations.

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 8 and 14 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

Fifty years ago on November 25 1975, military intelligence officers from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay gathered in the Chilean capital of Santiago to set up what they called the “Condor System”.

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was taken into custody on November 22 after it was determined there was a “high risk” of him attempting to flee to a foreign embassy. The arrest took place as the Brazilian supreme court was analysing Bolsonaro’s final appeal against a 27-year prison sentence for…

The military has been recast in a partisan, performative mold – all according to the president’s logic of impunity

Letter: Neal Ascherson on one of the lowest points in British postwar diplomacy

In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic law enforcement.