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A scene from the coup: A tank belonging to Augusto Pinochet's military junta approaches the government palace in 1973. WikiCommons

10 Apr 2023 3 minute read

The two 9-11s

This year is the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power. September, a...

8 Mar 2022 2 minute read

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Reversing Pinochet’s legacy will be an uphill battle

Carole Concha Bell on Chile’s unfinished revolution.

Isabel Allende stands with her arms folded in front of shelves of books and photos

27 Dec 2021 4 minute read

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The interview: Isabel Allende

Graeme Green speaks to the Chilean author about her inspiration and the power of fiction as a useful...

29 Sep 2021 4 minute read

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Betrayed by Australia

Thanks to newly declassified files, Chilean exiles have discovered that the same country which gave them refuge, was...

Police fire teargas canisters at protesters during the December 2019 demonstrations. Credit: Daniel Espinoza Guzmán

15 Sep 2021 5 minute read

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Chile: at a glance

Despite its modern and prosperous image, Chile’s repressive institutions have remained intact since the Pinochet...

21 Oct 2020 4 minute read

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Chile’s social uprising: One year on

Carole Concha Bell speaks to defiant protesters who have been met with violence and intimidation ahead of...

12 Oct 2020 3 minute read

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Let the light in

Carole Concha Bell on how projectionists have been censored for criticizing the Chilean government’s...

Soldiers patrol Santiago, Chile. (February, 2020) Credit: Daniel Guzman Espinoza

26 Jul 2020 5 minute read

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Criminalizing hunger

In Chile, state security forces are increasingly detaining, beating and harassing the volunteers of community-led soup...

23 Dec 2019 6 minute read

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Chile’s new shadows

The violent crackdown against Chilean protesters is reviving painful memories of dictatorship. Roxana Olivera...

A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waves a Mapuche indigenous flag during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero

12 Nov 2019 5 minute read

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Chile is evading scrutiny on climate justice

The relocation of the UN climate summit to Spain is a distraction from growing state repression.

Demonstrators riot during an anti-government rally in Valparaiso A demonstrator takes part in an anti-government rally after Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivered a speech inside the national Congress at Valparaiso, Chile, June 1, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

30 Jun 2019 4 minute read

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Is Chile returning to the bad old days?

With severe police violence on the rise, many fear the country is sliding back into an era of Pinochet-style repression,...

25 Jun 2018 6 minute read

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Occupying against the patriarchy

Chilean feminists have taken over university buildings until inequality is tackled. Giulia Dessi reports....

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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A Fantastic Woman

‘Transcendent and deeply moving from the first to the last’: our March film reviews.

Chile elections: Beatriz Sanchez, leader of the insurgent leftwing coalition, Broad Front.

15 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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Chilean politics on a knife edge

Does this presidential run-off mark a new dawn for Chile? Luis Hernán Vargas Faulbaum asks.

17 May 2016 4 minute read

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What is Antofagasta hiding from its investors?

Do the mining company's shareholders know about the risks to their investments? Steffen Böhm and ...

1 Nov 2015 5 minute read

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Patricio Guzmán's search for the truth

Roxana Olivera meets the documentary filmmaker renowned for delving into Chile’s dark past.

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