Chile Scraps Asia-Pacific and Climate Summits Amid Protests

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN / The Associated Press Oct 30, 2019 Protracted nationwide demonstrations over economic inequality leave over a dozen dead, hundreds injured and businesses damaged. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Side With Chile’s and Ecuador’s Oppressors

Lucas Koerner / FAIR Oct 24, 2019 Working people are rising up against austerity, yet our political press only sees fit to describe the threat they pose to law and order. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chilean Military Returns to Streets as Public Unrest Mounts

Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Oct 21, 2019 President Sebastian Piñera has declared a state of emergency following a series of demonstrations over the nation's cost of living. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sebastian Piñera Wins Another Turn as Chile’s President

Eva Vergara / The Associated Press Dec 18, 2017 The former president's resounding victory swings Chile back to the right and highlights the increasing number of conservatives winning power in Latin America. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chileans Schooled in the Art of Protest

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2011 In Chile, where the average monthly minimum wage income falls $100 short of college tuition costs, students are continuing their winter of kiss-ins, marches and hunger strikes against private, for-profit education and demanding affordable state-run schools. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Chilean President Sworn In With an Aftershock

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2010 Chile's new president, conservative billionaire Sebastian Piñera, came in with a bang and a tsunami warning on Thursday. Just minutes before his swearing-in ceremony, a 6.9-magnitude aftershock rattled Chileans, still shaken from last month's giant quake, and cut Piñera's inaugural festivities short. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Billionaire Expected to Lead Chilean Vote

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2009 Sebastian Piñera, considered the clear front-runner in Chile's presidential race, is a billionaire who owns a media outlet, a stake in an airline and even part of the esteemed Colo-Colo soccer club. If he's elected, he will end nearly 20 years of leftist rule in the South American nation, but he will need more than 50 percent of Sunday's vote to avoid a runoff. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )