GlobalPost — Chile

Easter Island: even more difficult to get to?

Pascale Bonnefoy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:50 +0000

Indigenous population considers limiting visitors and immigrants to one of Chile's top tourist destinations.

Chile's Congress sits empty

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:01:12 +0000

Chile's lawmakers don't want to work on Thursday. In fact, as of mid-November, they won't work at all.

A giant pope to watch over Santiago?

Pascale Bonnefoy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:51:45 +0000

Chileans dislike a plan to build a 40-foot-tall statue of Pope John Paul II. Some have dubbed it “Popesaurus.”

Chile's monkey savior

Pascale Bonnefoy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:45:33 +0000

How one woman came to live with all the monkeys in Chile.

A World of Trouble: Is the nightmare over?

Thomas Mucha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:35:50 +0000

With signs of economic recovery finally emerging, here's where things stand in 20 countries around the world.

No smoking in Chile? No way.

Pascale Bonnefoy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:32:23 +0000

Chileans are still the heaviest smokers in the region despite a strict anti-tobacco law.

Chilean history, with modern touches

Pascale Bonnefoy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:12:26 +0000

A new movie brings Chilean history to young people but takes a few liberties with the truth.

In Chile, staying alive is an excuse to party

Pascale Bonnefoy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:45:30 +0000

Thousands of elderly Chileans have been celebrating surviving wintery August.

Repeat after me: Hello, my name is.

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:53:01 +0000

Chileans love to toss in English words but they struggle to master the language. The government is trying to change that.

A disappeared American

Pascale Bonnefoy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:19:13 +0000

A sister's quest to find out what happened to the only U.S. citizen who disappeared during Chile’s military dictatorship.

Claiming ancestral lands

Pascale Bonnefoy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:49:28 +0000

A KKK-like group is threatening to kill indigenous Mapuche as part of a pitched battle over land rights.

A question of justice

Pascale Bonnefoy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:52:29 +0000

The consideration of military pardons reveals that Chile still has a lot of healing to do.

Can volunteers shut down Chile's slums?

Pascale Bonnefoy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:21:07 +0000

Chilean non-profit aims to transform entire communities of slum dwellers.

Politics and the morning after pill

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:31:23 +0000

In Chile, contraception has become one of the hottest issues in the looming presidential battle.

Winter in the time of swine flu

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:33:15 +0000

For a small country, Chile has a large number of swine flu cases. The reason? Easy diagnoses, winter and smog.

A long way home

Pascale Bonnefoy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:07:51 +0000

In Nicaragua, Chilean combatants recall their unsung role in the Sandinista revolution.

In Chile, students adopt a new form of protest

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:11:02 +0000

Rather than occupying buildings students are attending classes. They are just refusing to say "present."

A fresh face for Chilean politics

Pascale Bonnefoy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:42:03 +0000

A young presidential candidate is shaking up Chile's political scene.

Chile bolsters its military

Pascale Bonnefoy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:23:51 +0000

In recent years, Chile has been on a weapons spending spree.

Volcano threatens Chilean village

Jimmy Langman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:04:52 +0000

Some residents refuse to leave ghost town despite risk.

A World of Trouble, the sequel

Thomas Mucha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:40:50 +0000

Special Report: It's still ugly out there.

A controversial mine

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:17:18 +0000

A Canadian company's plan to build a gold and silver mine on the Chile-Argentina border spurs controversy.

Remnants of dictatorship

Pascale Bonnefoy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:12:30 +0000

New life for properties used as detention and torture centers under Pinochet

Hold your breath

Pascale Bonnefoy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:08:12 +0000

Santiago struggles to deal with its longtime smog woes.

Anger over mortgages

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:09:48 +0000

Mortgage debtors in Chile are holding high-profile protests.

Defending the dictator

Mark Scheffler — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:14:12 +0000

History gets a rewrite at the Pinochet Museum

Is Chile heading to the right?

Pascale Bonnefoy — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:28:14 +0000

A rich businessman could be the country's next president.

Defending the Dictator: History gets a rewrite at the Pinochet Museum

Mark Scheffler — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:51:20 +0000

Man vs. Fish: The salmon industry's push into Chilean Patagonia

Mark Scheffler — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:42:23 +0000

The recession wine: Is a bad economy good news for Chile's low-cost grapes?

Mark Scheffler — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:29:12 +0000

Special Report

Thomas Mucha — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:07 +0000

20 correspondents, 20 countries and a world of pain. Meet the ground truth of the global economic crisis.

A different sort of coffee shop

Pascale Bonnefoy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:46:03 +0000