Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a symbol hiding in plain sight. On February 24, two weeks before his inauguration as Chile's president, Jose Antonio Kast ...

An act of international terrorism on the streets of Washington, DC, still reverberates 50 years later. It has been 50 years since former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his young colleague, ...

Twenty years after it was built to hold those convicted of committing atrocities during Chile’s dictatorship, Punta Peuco prison is nearly full and increasingly under attack as a “luxury jail.” ...

Chile arrests 284 during protests against Pinochet's dictatorship, marking a year without official commemorative events for victims.

Chile launched a special unit within the army Monday to help investigate abuses committed by late dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime and uproot pacts of silence protecting perpetrators. The government ...

José Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential election, with the far-right leader getting about 58% of the vote in Sunday’s runoff against Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist Party who served ...

Chile’s Kast Names Quiroz Finance Minister, Taps Pinochet Defenders for Cabinet By Fabian Cambero and Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Chilean ‌President-elect Jose Antonio Kast on ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — One of Chile's leading human rights advocates died Friday at age 93 without knowing the fate of her husband, two children and pregnant daughter-in-law who were forcibly ...

A dramatic shift to the extreme right threatens the future—and past—for human rights and accountability. This past Monday morning, Chileans awoke to a new reality. Some 35 years after the return to ...

SANTIAGO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast on Tuesday named economist Jorge Quiroz as finance minister, part of a cabinet that includes two lawyers who defended dictator ...

It was a symbol hiding in plain sight. On February 24, two weeks before his inauguration as Chile’s president, Jose Antonio Kast unveiled his official portrait. The photo showed the 60-year-old leader ...