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Chile

Germany plans talks with Chile over site tied to cult led by abusive German preacher

FILE PHOTO: The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza/File Photo

Brazil's Lula reiterates support for Bachelet as next UN Secretary-General

FILE PHOTO: Chile's President Michelle Bachelet meets with Chilean residents in Mexico City August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Chile's President Michelle Bachelet meets with Chilean residents in Mexico City August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

French court sentences Chilean to life for murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend in 2016

Chilean defendant Nicolas Zepeda (centre) speaking with his lawyers, on the first day of his 2022 trial.
Chilean defendant Nicolas Zepeda (centre) speaking with his lawyers, on the first day of his 2022 trial.

Mexico will keep supporting Bachelet for UN chief, president says

FILE PHOTO: Former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet and former United Nations' humanitarian chief Valerie Amos attend the presentation of the report \"Women in Multilateralism 2024” during an event by GWL Voices, an organisation of women world leaders committed to building an international system of equality, in Madrid, Spain, January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet and former United Nations' humanitarian chief Valerie Amos attend the presentation of the report \"Women in Multilateralism 2024” during an event by GWL Voices, an organisation of women world leaders committed to building an international system of equality, in Madrid, Spain, January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

Chile withdraws backing for former president Michelle Bachelet as UN secretary-general

File Photo: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
File Photo: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

Architect Smiljan Radic, Chilean master of modest design, is winner of the 2026 Pritzker Prize

A photo provided by Cristobal Palma shows the Teatro Regional del Biob’o, designed by the architect Smiljan Radic, on the banks of the Biob’o River in Concepci—n, Chile. The building has been likened to a paper lantern. (Cristobal Palma via The New York Times)  Ñ NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED PRITZKER PRIZE  BY ROBIN POGREBIN FOR MARCH 12, 2026. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. Ñ
A photo provided by Cristobal Palma shows the Teatro Regional del Biob’o, designed by the architect Smiljan Radic, on the banks of the Biob’o River in Concepci—n, Chile. The building has been likened to a paper lantern. (Cristobal Palma via The New York Times)  Ñ NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED PRITZKER PRIZE  BY ROBIN POGREBIN FOR MARCH 12, 2026. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. Ñ

Chile begins construction of anti-migration trenches at Peru border

A worker walks near a trench dug by heavy machinery as Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast launches the \"Border Shield\" plan in Arica, near the border with Peru, as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, Chile March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Alexander Infante
A worker walks near a trench dug by heavy machinery as Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast launches the \"Border Shield\" plan in Arica, near the border with Peru, as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, Chile March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Alexander Infante

Chile and US eye collaboration on critical minerals and rare earths

A block with the symbol, atomic number and mass number of Lithium (Li) element, in this illustration taken January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
A block with the symbol, atomic number and mass number of Lithium (Li) element, in this illustration taken January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Chile's Kast sworn in as president in biggest right-wing shift in decades

Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola wave from the La Moneda presidential palace, following his swearing in ceremony, in Santiago, Chile, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola wave from the La Moneda presidential palace, following his swearing in ceremony, in Santiago, Chile, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

Chile denies onboard care by Chinese medical ship as US pressure mounts

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