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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Travelista
      Four extraordinary Latin and South American escapes

      A gateway to the Atacama wilderness, Afro-Cuban beats in Havana, a Costa Rican surf lodge – and more 

      Otro Hotel in Oaxaca City
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Free LunchMartin Sandbu
      (Mis)remembering Chile’s military coup Premium content

      There is no economic justification for abandoning democracy

      Soldiers positioned on a rooftop fire at Chile’s presidential palace on September 11 1973 during the military coup
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      Deep divide over Pinochet coup pushes Chile’s polarisation to extremes

      Leftist president’s unity drive over 50th anniversary of putsch backfires, aggravating country’s political paralysis

      Gabriel Boric, left, Allende and Pinochet
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      News in-depthAmericas economy
      South America braced for economic hit from return of El Niño

      Extreme weather phenomenon could spark inflationary surge due to food and energy shortages

      People try to salvage belongings in flooded part of Ecuador
    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      ReviewFilm
      My Imaginary Country — Chilean convulsions greet a director returning from exile

      Patricio Guzmán, who left his country after the 1973 revolution, trains his camera on a new social uprising

      A woman wears a mask that covers all of her face and head except for her eyes
    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Chile’s rightwingers to lead constitution revamp

      Voters punish leftist Gabriel Boric’s government over rising crime and slowing economy

      José Antonio Kast
    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      News in-depthLithium
      Chile’s move to control lithium alarms industry

      Australia, Argentina and African countries set to benefit as Santiago moves ‘urgently’ to take stake in key projects

      View of pools processing lithium at the SQM plant in Antofagasta
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Lex
      Chile/lithium: Boric needs to avoid killing the golden goose Premium content

      Country’s president is betting long-term demand will provide the clout needed to keep overseas investors in place

      Bags of lithium at a SQM facility in Chile
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Chile’s president moves to bring lithium under state control

      Leftwing leader Gabriel Boric also promises to impose stricter environmental rules

      A worker stirs lithium with his hand in Chile
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      News in-depthVina Concha y Toro SA
      Chile winemaker Concha y Toro heads further upmarket

      Company behind Casillero del Diablo redoubles its premium push despite slow US sales

      An aerial photograph of vineyards in Chile
    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      Climate change
      Climate graphic of the week: 2023 starts with temperatures above average

      Unusual warm February in US, Europe’s warmest January on record and Antarctic sea ice hits a record low for the month

      Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire in Ninhue, Chile
    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      ReviewBiography and memoir
      Voyager — the memory of Pinochet’s victims, written in the stars

      In her extraordinary memoir, Chilean writer Nona Fernández combines astronomy and neuroscience with a refusal to forget

      A starry sky at night
    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      EU trade
      EU seals Chile trade deal that will improve bloc’s access to key minerals

      South American country will secure more favourable terms for its exports and professional services

      Valdis Dombrovskis, Antonia Urrejola and Josep Borrell
    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Travel
      Short cuts: Douglas Tompkins’ Patagonia home to open to guests — plus a new hot spring in Iceland

      The home of the late North Face founder is due to welcome visitors next year; Hvammsvík Hot Springs opens beside a fjord just north of Reykjavik

      A double bed in a room with a bay window looking out on to mountains
    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      News in-depthInter-American Development Bank
      Latin Americans fight it out to lead scandal-hit development bank

      Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Trinidad all nominate candidates to succeed fired Cuban-American

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Simmering indigenous conflict tests Chile’s government

      President Gabriel Boric struggles to find solutions for deep-seated problems in Mapuche region

      A traditional healer and religious leader, known as a machi
    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      Chile’s leftist government surprises with spending squeeze

      Gabriel Boric’s administration keen to avoid spendthrift mistakes of region’s radical leaders

      Street vendors in Santiago
    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Chile’s Boric seeks ‘new path forward’ after voters reject constitutional changes

      Markets buoyed by public’s dismissal of new charter as president attempts to salvage plans

      People wave Chile’s flag in Santiago
    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Instant InsightMichael Stott
      Chile’s rejection of populism is an example for the world

      In Sunday’s constitutional referendum, voters spurned a flawed vision of utopia

      People wave Chilean flags and jump and cheer
    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      News in-depth
      Push for new constitution exposes Chile’s divisions

      Hopes for unity dashed as polls suggest new social contract will be rejected in referendum

      People demonstrating against the draft of the new constitution in Santiago
    • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Chile’s draft constitution is seriously flawed

      The successful emerging market deserves a better bill of rights

      Chileans protest against the proposed new constitution
    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Antofagasta PLC
      Miner Antofagasta warns of copper project challenges under Chile tax rise plan

      UK-listed group says new investments in metal would be reviewed if country’s government approves tax and royalty increases

      A copper miner at work in Chile
    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      Eric Parrado
      Boosting civic trust is essential to Latin American economic growth

      Governments must be transparent and engage citizens in decisions about tax, spending and regulation

      Demonstrators confront police during anti-government protests in Santiago, Chile, in 2020
    • Monday, 4 July, 2022
      Draft Chile constitution puts environment and indigenous rights at its core

      Document set to go to voters in September though some investors worry about future business climate

      Gabriel Boric, Chile’s president, receives the new draft constitution
    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      ReviewVisual Arts
      Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña asks urgent cosmic questions at the Guggenheim

      Energy and delight shine brightly in a New York retrospective that takes in dictatorship, indigenous rights, love and war

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