A radio caller in Chile has been arrested after confessing to participating in 18 killings while acting as a soldier during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Responding to the current migrant crisis wherein thousands Syrians are fleeing from their war torn country for safety, several Latin American nations have decided to welcome a welcome to the desperate refugees.
On Tuesday the lower house of Congress approved a bill that strives to change the law prohibiting use and cultivation of the plant in the socially conservative country.
Chile could be closer to becoming the fourth South American nation to legalize same-sex marriage. A new bill will be introduced to the Chilean senate later this week that would legalize gay marriage and has support from Chile's major political parties and President Michelle Bachelet.
Chile's new taxes target tobacco, alcohol to help fund education, health Chile enacted higher taxes on big businesses Wednesday in an effort to counteract economic inequality, according to The Associated Press.
On Monday President Barack Obama met with Chile President Michelle Bachelet in the White House's Oval Office. They discussed the relationship between their two countries, energy, education and free trade.
Bachelet announces plan to return ancestral lands to indigenous communities On Tuesday, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet revealed a plan for the government to buy and return disputed lands to some of Chile's indigenous people, according to a report from Reuters.
One of Chile's most iconic cities is experiencing a devastating fire. Valparaiso has not experienced a fire of this magnitude in decades, and firefighters continue to battle the blaze on city's hilltops.
