After a high-drama Brazilian general election in which Lula da Silva could have been the first man to run as president from prison, Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in an...
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Chilean Senator to propose “Bolsonaro Law” to combat fake news in election campaigns
Alejandro Navarro, Senator for the BioBio region in Chile, announced that he will propose a constitutional reform in Congress to dissuade the spread of fake news in political campaigns,...
Two MPs in the Chilean Parliament have called for the adoption of blockchain technology according to online local news site, fortinmapocho.cl. The objective of the proposed implementation is to...
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Six countries are taking Venezuela to the International Criminal Court. What happens next?
After the UN General Assembly, six countries signed and presented a formal request for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity...
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Disapproval of Piñera rises and military coup still casts a shadow over the society, Cadena study reveals
A Cadem Survey released Sept. 7 revealed that for the first time since Sebastián Piñera came into office, his approval rating has dipped below those who disapprove of his...
E-commerce giant Amazon is in talks with the Chilean government to house and mine huge quantities of star data generated by the country’s state-of-the-art telescopes. Reuters reported that the...
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Senate approves Gender Identity Law for adults and teenagers, but not children
On Wednesday the Senate approved an initiative put forward by the government to allow adults over 18 to change their name and sex on the civil register, joining a...
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....
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...
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...