Chile’s parties to retry replacing dictatorship constitution
December 13, 2022 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's political parties from the left to the right have agreed to try again to replace the constitution imposed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship four decades ago.
Chile’s Boric tries to turn page after constitution fails
September 5, 2022 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — After voters in Chile rejected a progressive constitution that would have fundamentally changed the country, political leaders on Monday started working on finding a path forward to reform the current charter which dates back to the dictatorship of Gen.
Chileans resoundingly reject new progressive constitution
September 5, 2022 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argued the document would have ushered in a new progressive era.
Kidnap suspect loses 3-year war against extradition to Chile
May 10, 2022 GMTCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 69-year-old Chilean woman wanted on kidnapping charges dating to Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s faces extradition from Australia after a court closed her final appeal option.
Ex-student protest leader becomes Chile’s youngest president
March 12, 2022 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Left-leaning former student leader Gabriel Boric vowed to improve the lives of all Chileans and attack deep inequality that has sparked massive protests, hours after being inaugurated Friday as the youngest president in the country's history.
Leftist millennial vows to remake Chile after historic win
December 20, 2021 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Former leftist student leader Gabriel Boric will be under quick pressure from his youthful supporters to fulfill his promises to remake Chile after the millennial politician scored a historic victory in the country's presidential runoff election.
Pinochet’s widow dies at age 98 after years in seclusion
December 17, 2021 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The widow of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died Thursday in the apartment where she led a secluded life in her final years, away from the luxuries and power she held during the military regime of 1973-1990, her family said.
Chilean women, wary of rightist, may decide president’s race
December 16, 2021 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When Chileans went to the polls last month, Elizabeth Padilla, like more than half of eligible voters in the South American country, stayed home, not feeling represented by any of the seven candidates on the ballot.
Chile court raises sentence in torture-killing of singer
November 23, 2021 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean court on Tuesday increased the prison sentence for six former soldiers convicted in one of the most notorious killings by the former military dictatorship — the kidnapping, torture and murder of folk singer Víctor Jara— as well as that of a government official.
Australian judge says woman can be extradited to Chile
June 24, 2021 GMTCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Thursday dismissed a woman’s appeal against extradition to Chile, where she is wanted on kidnapping charges dating to Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.
Australian court rules to extradite kidnap suspect to Chile
October 29, 2020 GMTSYDNEY (AP) — An Australian judge ruled Thursday that a woman wanted in Chile on kidnapping charges dating to Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s can be extradited.
Magistrate Philip Stewart dismissed Adriana Rivas’ lawyers’ objections to her extradition on allegations that she kidnapped seven people in 1976 and 1977, including Communist Party leader Victor Diaz.
2/3rds of Chilean voters back rewriting their constitution
October 26, 2020 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Amid a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans turned out Sunday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of having a constitutional convention draft a new charter to replace guiding principles imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of Gen...
Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer, dies of coronavirus at 70
April 16, 2020 GMTMADRID (AP) — Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda, author of the novel “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories,” has died after a six-week battle with the new coronavirus...
Houstonians rally around unrest in Venezuela
January 28, 2019 GMTWhen pro- and anti-Nicolás Maduro factions converged Sunday afternoon at Montrose and Westheimer, the fault lines between the groups had little connection to the nominally Socialist leader of Venezuela.
New UN human rights chief has survived torture herself
September 4, 2018 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet was 23 years old when she was tortured and fled her country's dictatorship into exile...
Experts say Chile poet did not die of cancer, deepen mystery
October 20, 2017 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A team of international scientists said Friday that Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer or malnutrition, rejecting the official cause of death but not laying to rest one of the great mysteries of post-coup Chile...
Dancing in Chile to protest dictatorship disappearances
September 10, 2016 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Violeta Zuniga gets around with a cane because of her knee problems, but nothing can keep the 83-year-old from performing Chile's national dance to protest her partner's disappearance during the country's military dictatorship...
Chile successfully exhumes body of poet Neruda
April 9, 2013 GMTISLA NEGRA, Chile (AP) — Chilean forensic experts exhumed the body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda on Monday, trying to solve a four-decade mystery about the death of one the greatest poets of the 20th century.
Chile president meets with ministers after attack
January 7, 2013 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A string of arson attacks in a remote southern region of Chile where Mapuche Indian farmers are pitted against landowners and the forest industry has led to calls for the government to declare a state of emergency in the area.