The Latest Breaking News from Santiago

Part of last WC, Jiwan hopes for sister Dipi to take India to podium this time

KOLKATA: Jiwan Kishori Toppo couldn't have been more proud of her younger sister Dipi Monika who, along with four other girls from Odisha, will represent India at Hockey Women's Junior World Cup that will begin in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday. Having played in the last edition in South Africa's Potchefstroom…

The Times of India · Nov 29, 2023

‘Sometimes you feel you’re in Palestine’: culture and cause burn brightly in Chile

Chile has the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Middle East – and it is lending its considerable weight to the call for justice

The Guardian - US · Nov 28, 2023

Joan Jara, British dancer and Victor Jara’s widow, dies aged 96

The human rights activist died two weeks before her husband’s killer is due for extradition from US to Chile

The Guardian - US · Nov 13, 2023

AP PHOTOS: Pan American Games bring together Olympic hopefuls from 41 nations

Athletes from 41 nations are competing at The Pan American Games in the capital of Chile, Santiago, and many are looking to qualify for the Olympics. The Games are the largest multi-sport event in the Americas and are held every four years, preceding the Olympics by a year.

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Pan American Games start in disarray with cleaners still working around the National Stadium

Workers and volunteers at the Pan American Games were still removing bricks, pieces of wood and construction machinery from outside competition venues on the fourth of the largest multi-sport event in the region

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

Dark past of the National Stadium in Chile reemerges with opening ceremony at the Pan American Games

The National Stadium in Santiago will host the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games on Friday

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Aussie Sakakibara edges closer to BMX world title

Saya Sakakibara has won the BMX Racing World Cup event in Santiago to move one step closer to winning the world title.

AAP · Oct 14, 2023

‘It became an obsession’: the long search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims

As Chile marks 50 years since the coup, women who have scoured the desert for remains of their husbands fear the brutality of the death squads will be forgotten

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home

When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.

WEKU · Sep 10, 2023

Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the search for truth continues

As 1973 coup still reverberates, a man is pushing for full history of US role in Augusto Pinochet’s rise and fall.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2023