The Latest Breaking News from Chile

Chile's parties to retry replacing dictatorship constitution

Chile is going to try again to replace its constititution, which was imposed by a military dictatorship four decades ago

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Chilean lawmakers reach agreement to start work on new constitution

(This Dec. 12 story has been corrected to remove incorrect reference to the agreement being between the government and opposition lawmakers in the first paragraph)

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Chile battles to combat forest fires amid threat to residents

Chile is battling to control the spread of several wildfires that have already destroyed more than 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) of woodlands and are putting local communities at risk.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Chile to sign modernization of bilateral agreement with the EU next week

Chile's President Gabriel Boric said Tuesday that the minister of foreign affairs will travel to Brussels at the end of the week to sign a modernization of a bilateral agreement with the European Union.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

On Easter Island, burned Moai statues are a symbol of growing tensions

Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and conservationists in this tiny, remote island in the middle of the Pacific.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

World court: scant disagreement in Chile, Bolivia water row

The International Court of Justice says it had little to rule on in a long-running dispute over the Silala River which flows from Bolivia to Chile as the Latin American neighbors have mostly resolved their differences

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

World court: Bolivia, Chile close together in river dispute

The United Nations’ highest court found little to rule on in a long-running dispute over a small river which flows from Bolivia to Chile as the Latin American neighbors had mostly resolved their conflict during the 6-year proceedings

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

World Court urges Chile and Bolivia to cooperate on Silala river

Judges at the World Court ruled on Thursday that Chile and land-locked Bolivia now agreed on previous points of dispute over access to the waters of the Silala river and that they would not need to make a decision on Chile's claims before the court.

Reuters · Dec 1, 2022

Italy, Russia and Ukraine: Which countries are missing from the World Cup?

Egypt, Nigeria and Chile just some of the other big names missing out in Qatar

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

Colombia, ELN rebels invite three more countries to help with peace talks

Colombia's government and leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) said on Friday they have agreed to invite Brazil, Chile and Mexico as so-called guarantor countries in peace talks that seek to end nearly 60 years of conflict.

Reuters · Nov 25, 2022