‘Para vivir mejor’: Has Chile’s Gabriel Boric delivered?

During a televised debate last week, conservative presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei evoked an image of the Chilean everyday woman who longs for security, attempting to strike a chord with the electorate ahead of Chile’s general elections in...

Experts Available for October Supreme Court Cases on Voting Rights, Gerrymandering, Free Speech and LGBTQ Issues

Newswise — Sept. 17, 2025—When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court return to the bench this fall, they will hear cases impacting core constitutional issues, including equal protection, free speech and voting rights, that will generate...

Reunited After 45 Years: Chilean Mother Embraces Stolen Twin Daughters in Emotional Homecoming

In a heart-wrenching yet ultimately triumphant story of resilience, love, and reunion, María Verónica Soto, a 64-year-old Chilean woman, has been reunited with her twin daughters, Maria Beatrice and Adelia Rose Mereu Chessa, after 45 years of...

CHURCH WAKE UP, ENGAGE AND DEFEND THE SOUL OF THE NATION

CHURCH WAKE UP, ENGAGE AND DEFEND THE SOUL OF THE NATION: By Rev Chilekwa Mulenga Wed 17th Sept, 2025 Pro 29:2 “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn” Zambia’s hope lies with...

Chile’s Hidden Library: Attic Discovery Revives the Story of Books Dictators Tried to Burn

Nearly fifty years after Pinochet’s dictatorship hunted leftist texts, librarians in Santiago uncovered a forgotten cache in the National Library’s attic—Allende-era speeches, pamphlets, and banned books—rekindling the tale of publishers, readers,...

Developer That Bought Catholic Archdiocese HQ Is Latest in Growing Office to Housing Trend

Vanbarton Group paid $103 million to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York for its HQ building at 1011 First Ave., financed by a $250 million loan from Eldridge Financial Corp. The deal announced in mid-July is part of the accelerating trend...

Conscious consumption for better living: The case of Chilean salmon

(BPT) - Americans are more mindful than ever about the food that ends up on their plates, shopping beyond just convenience or cost. While budget plays a key role, factors like nutrition, sustainability and long-term well-being are now part of the...

Chile's Presidential race kicks off with security and stability dominating campaigns

By Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's presidential election kicked into high gear on Wednesday, as leading campaigns officially launched ahead of a November 16 contest which may signal a shift to the right for the mining powerhouse....

UMass Amherst Researcher Receives $1.12 million NSF Grant to Study Impacts of Water Governance on Children’s Health in Five Countries

Image Daniel Lopez-Cevallos A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has been awarded a three-year, $1.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a multinational examination of the relationship between...

World Reuters Chile's Presidential race kicks off with security and stability dominating campaigns

By Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's presidential election kicked into high gear on Wednesday, as leading campaigns officially launched ahead of a November 16 contest which may signal a shift to the right for the mining powerhouse....

Pueblo’s Chile & Fijoles Festival this weekend!

Do not let the calendar fool you. Just because it is now September, it is not cooling off…at least in Pueblo. In fact, this coming weekend, the heat’s on! It’s time for the 31st annual Pueblo Chile & Frijoles Festival, an event that has grown into...

Four out of five activists assassinated in 2024 were Latin American

Carmelina Yule Paví, 62, wanted to prevent children from Cauca from being recruited by illegal armed groups in Colombia. Felipe Xo Quib was a Guatemalan father and fisherman who opposed massive mining projects in the country due to the lack of...

Spanish and Chilean broadcasters board stop-motion preschool series Sissi & Caesar

Stop-motion preschool series Sissi & Caesar CARTOON FORUM: Spanish pubcasters RTVE and À Punt, and CNTV and TVN in Chile, have boarded an environment-focused stop-motion preschool series that was pitched at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse on Wednesday....

Annual Mountain Chile Cha Cha, Patty Aragon Green Chile Classic set for Sept. 27

By Jacque Aragon/Mountain Chile Cha Cha Pagosa Springs is spicing things up once more as the Mountain Chile Cha Cha returns for its 19th year — and it’s bigger, bolder and tastier than ever. This year, for the first time, the celebration will take...

The lost children

Every Saturday, Rosa Roisinblit walked to her local hairdresser in a middle-class part of Buenos Aires. As she was about to set out on Saturday, October 7, 1978, the phone rang. “They’ve taken the kids”, her daughter’s mother-in-law said. The...

Tiny Deer in Big Trouble as Chile’s Pudus Face Growing Peril

Reuters An injured pudu, the world’s smallest deer, stands inside an enclosure at the Chiloe Silvestre wildlife center in Chiloe, Chile. Photos were taken on Aug. 31. Reuters 17:49 JST, September 17, 2025 SANTIAGO (Reuters) — Standing no taller...

Salmon sets Việt Nam-Chile trade swimming

HÀ NỘI — Chilean salmon, wine, fresh fruit and timber are reeling in Vietnamese consumers, helping lift two-way trade to nearly US$2 billion a year and paving the way for a new phase of cooperation between the two countries. According to Nguyễn...

Chilean mother reunites with her twin daughters for the first time in 45 years

(CNN) — A Chilean woman whose twin daughters were stolen from her in 1979 has reunited with them for the first time in four-and-a-half decades. The emotional reunion between María Verónica Soto, 64, and her daughters Maria Beatrice and Adelia Rose...

New Zealand revises immigration pathway for internationally adopted children

The New Zealand Government has announced interim changes to adoption rules that will affect visa and citizenship applications for children adopted overseas. Under the new measures, most international adoptions by New Zealand citizens and residents...

Chile Fest is set to return with new organizers

Nonprofit Come As You Are Ministries takes over longtime festival, aiming to restore its community spirit. Glorie Mae Quintana, Jasmine Mordecki, Monica Mordecki and Mike Mordecki at the 2023 Chile Fest. (David Edward Albright/Tri-City Record) × A...