The Latest Breaking News from Chile

Two schoolboys were playing on a beach close to where they lived in the Maule region of Chile and had built a massive sandcastle when one tried to tunnel underneath

Chilean President Gabriel Boric said in a speech late Tuesday that any changes in the country's tax law that would affect the mining sector are still up for discussion, with a vote scheduled in Congress in coming weeks.

Chile may soon be the second country in the world to grant constitutional rights to nature, under astoundingly progressive reforms proposed by the government. If approved in the national referendum on 4 September, the new constitution would deliver profound changes to the country.

Representatives of the Andean Community bloc of nations - made up of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, said on Monday that they would like to bring Venezuela and Chile back into the group, as much of South America shifts left.

A Chilean constitution that bans private property and allows abortions in the ninth month of a pregnancy. Private companies counting votes. A flood of prisoners and recent migrants allowed to vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum.

A week before Chileans vote on a proposed constitution that promises sweeping changes to the Andean country's institutions, a controversial performance arguing for its passage went viral on Sunday, offering ammunition to opponents and causing headaches for supporters.

Chilean authorities warned that the area around a copper mine where a sinkhole suddenly appeared is at high risk of further collapse and has set up a security perimeter.

View photos of Joaquin Niemann throughout his career.

From its “intercultural delivery room" to protocols for doctors to approve herbal treatments from trusted traditional healers, the largest public hospital in Chile’s southern city of Osorno is finding new ways to incorporate Indigenous medicine

In a sparse, windswept pasture at the frigid tip of South America lives a tiny bird whose quiet life is shedding light on the importance of studying the world's most remote places. In the Diego Ramirez Islands, 100 kilometers from southern Chile's Cape Horn, scientists have identified the Subantarctic rayadito,…

The 54,000-word draft document is a feeding frenzy of political interests looking to codify special rights and privileges.