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Chile

Access road to Chile’s Escondida, Zaldivar mines remains blocked amid contractor strike, sources say

Chile's miners flag risks in dual oversight of mining, economy ministries

President-elect Jose Antonio Kast speaks to the media after a meeting with President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Presidential Palace after Kast won in the runoff presidential election, in Santiago, Chile December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
President-elect Jose Antonio Kast speaks to the media after a meeting with President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Presidential Palace after Kast won in the runoff presidential election, in Santiago, Chile December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out

A person inspects a destroyed building, in the aftermath of a forest fire in the Biobio region, where multiple wildfires prompted emergency evacuations, in Concepcion, Chile January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Juan Gonzalez
A person inspects a destroyed building, in the aftermath of a forest fire in the Biobio region, where multiple wildfires prompted emergency evacuations, in Concepcion, Chile January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Juan Gonzalez

Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 18

People stand among charred and heavily damaged properties in Concepcion, Chile.
People stand among charred and heavily damaged properties in Concepcion, Chile.

The Year of the Right is looming in Latin America

Chile’s President-elect Jose Antonio Kast (right) and Argentina's President Javier Milei, a fellow right-winger, with a chainsaw - a symbol of Mr Milei's anti-public spending campaign - during their meeting in Buenos Aires on Dec 16, 2025.
Chile’s President-elect Jose Antonio Kast (right) and Argentina's President Javier Milei, a fellow right-winger, with a chainsaw - a symbol of Mr Milei's anti-public spending campaign - during their meeting in Buenos Aires on Dec 16, 2025.

Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife

A native forest, during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
A native forest, during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

Right-winger Jose Antonio Kast, Chile’s next president, traces politics back to Pinochet era

FILE PHOTO: Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, votes in the presidential election, in Santiago, Chile, November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, votes in the presidential election, in Santiago, Chile, November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo

Chile elects Jose Antonio Kast as president in sharp rightward shift

Mr Jose Antonio Kast secured 59.16 per cent ‍of ​the vote in a run-off with leftist candidate Jeannette Jara, on 40.84 per cent, with ‍over 57 per cent of ballots counted.
Mr Jose Antonio Kast secured 59.16 per cent ‍of ​the vote in a run-off with leftist candidate Jeannette Jara, on 40.84 per cent, with ‍over 57 per cent of ballots counted.

Who is Jeannette Jara, the Communist who wants to be Chile's next president?

Chile set to elect its most right-wing president since Pinochet

Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the far-right Republican Party, looks on as he attends the last televised debate before the December 14 presidential runoff, in Santiago, Chile, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the far-right Republican Party, looks on as he attends the last televised debate before the December 14 presidential runoff, in Santiago, Chile, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.