
AP PHOTOS: Chilean torture center becomes shelter
Just days after Chile's bloody 1973 military coup, popular songwriter and theater director Victor Jara was dragged down to the basement of an indoor ...
Pellegrini Fact Box
Highlights in the career of Manuel Pellegrini, who has been hired as manager of Manchester City: 1953 — Born Sept. 16 in Santiago, Chile. 1973 — ...

US experts: Townley could not have killed Neruda
U.S. experts on Chile's dictatorship-era human rights violations said Monday that a judicial investigation into the death of poet Pablo Neruda risks ...

Deadly attack stokes Chile Mapuche conflict
The hooded men approached the ranch by night, scattering pamphlets about the death of a Mapuche Indian activist shot in the back by a policeman.
Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on ...
Chile's Tullo leads Madeira after 3rd round
Mark Tullo of Chile shot a 4-under 68 Saturday to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Madeira Islands Open. Tullo birdied four of his ...
Germany to host Chile for friendly in March 2014
Germany will play a friendly against Chile in Stuttgart on March 5 next year. Germany coach Joachim Loew says, "Direct qualification for the 2014 ...

Chile hunts sect members accused of burning baby
Chilean police are searching for three people accused of burning a baby alive in a doomsday ritual. Police began searching for the suspects on Friday ...
Bolivia launches world court case against Chile
Land-locked Bolivia has launched a case at the United Nations' highest court seeking to compel neighboring Chile to negotiate access to the Pacific ...

Chile says burned Chinese ship sinks in Antarctic
A Chinese factory fishing ship that burned last week off Antarctica has sunk without anyone on board, Chile's navy said Monday. The vessel Kai Xin ...

Barrick suffering big setbacks in Latin America
A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest ...

Bachelet: Chile left's hope in presidential vote
Michelle Bachelet has a deep resume: daughter of a general tortured to death for opposing a coup, leftist exile during the ensuing bloody ...

Catholics overjoyed at 1st Latin American pope
Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope ...
Abuse victims ask cardinals be kept from conclave
Advocates for victims of clerical sex abuse in Chile, Mexico and Italy asked Tuesday for three cardinals to withdraw from the papal conclave, accusing ...

'Operation Condor' trial begins in Buenos Aires
Argentina began a long-awaited human rights trial Tuesday focused on Operation Condor, the 1970s conspiracy launched by Chilean dictator Augusto ...

Chileans get spot to indulge in frowned-on siestas
Cars honk, people yell and radios blare outside, yet Carmen Castillo is getting a rejuvenating midday nap in downtown Santiago, snoozing away her ...

Russian ex-inmate stays in Chile for pro soccer
A Russian man who served three years in a Chilean prison for drug trafficking is being allowed to remain in the country to play professional soccer.
Danish queen skips Chile trip due to back problems
The royal palace says Denmark's 72-year-old Queen Margrethe has canceled next month's trip to Chile due to osteoarthritis in her back. The palace said ...
Magnitude-6.8 earthquake shakes northern Chile
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake shook offices, toppled supermarket shelves and broke windows on Wednesday in north-central Chile, where people fled some ...

EU demands 'legal certainty' of Latin investments
A 60-nation summit wrapped up in Chile on Sunday with European leaders pleading for "legal certainty" and lower trade barriers between economies that ...

Venezuela prompted EU to change summit declaration
Oil-rich Venezuela scored a victory Saturday when it persuaded European delegates at a 60-nation summit to back down on a key point in the gathering's ...

Chavez starting more medical treatment in Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with ...
About 2 million without running water in Chile
Too much rain means too little water for about 2 million Chileans. Heavy rains and warm weather have melted snowy peaks in the Andes mountains, ...