A fire at an elderly home in Chiguayante, southern Chile, has resulted in the deaths of ten people. According to a local report, 42 women were living at the...
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No more impunity: Authorities carry out raids to find sexual abuse evidence against the Catholic Church
Chilean authorities raided the headquarters of the Catholic Church’s Episcopal conference this morning, Tuesday Aug. 14 as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual abuse claims. The raid,...
Mauricio Rojas was forced to resign as Minister of Culture after just four days in the role after controversy over remarks he made in 2015 about Chile’s Memory Museum....
Policy makers in Chile have approved a bill that would allow the practice of euthanasia by doctors on terminally ill patients and in cases of extreme suffering. The policy...
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati is likely to be stripped of his Chilean nationality due to his alleged involvement in numerous sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic church. Ezzati,...
This week, Chile has become the first South American country to impose a new law that bans the use of plastic bags. According to the new legislation introduced by...
Michelle Bachelet was Chile’s first female president, taking the seat from 2006 until 2010. Part of the Socialist Party of Chile, she then continued on to work at the...
An agricultural trade mission, which saw Canadian MP Lawrence MacAulay visit Chile and Argentina recently, has proved successful as the South American countries continue to enhance their trade links...
The 5-day Special Meeting of the Episcopal Conference (CECH) attended by the Bishops of the Chilean Catholic church concluded on Aug. 3, after which they released a document apologising...
The Chilean government has accused fishing giant Marine Harvest of “causing environmental damage” after some 600,000 salmon injected with antibiotics escaped from a local plant and into the...