Chile
Chile elections 2025
A new president will be elected in Chile in 2025

As Boric prepares for his last months in government, polls seem to favor candidates from the right and extreme right.

Communist legislator defies right-wing censure attempt with days-old newborn in her arms

Accused of influence peddling, Karol Cariola was targeted by a right-wing motion of censure in the same week that she gave birth and attended her newborn.

Right-wing Chilean university finds itself at the center of multiple corruption allegations

Prosecutors are investigating several former officials of the government of Sebastián Piñera who work for the San Sebastián University over their relationship with the “Audios Case”.

The strange case of the persecution of Daniel Jadue

Daniel Jadue, a member of the Communist Party of Chile and the former mayor of Recoleta, was released after being held in preventative detention for 91 days

Former Communist mayor Daniel Jadue is released from prison in Chile

After a five-hour hearing on Monday, the court accepted the defense’s request and decided for house arrest

After 45 days in prison, Daniel Jadue is dismissed as Mayor of Recoleta

The trial has been seen by several experts as revenge against Jadue for implementing programs that attacked the economic interests of several powerful economic groups, as well as an attempt to stop the political rise of the communist mayor.

Communist Mayor Daniel Jadue arrested and given 120 days of preventative detention

Progressive Chilean groups have alleged that the ruling was disproportionate and represents politically motivated lawfare

Milei’s hallucination: Iranian troops in Bolivia and Hezbollah in Chile

Argentine Minister of Security made statements accusing Bolivia and Chile of hosting Iranian soldiers and members of Hezbollah, in a clear escalation against its neighbors

Pinochet-apologist and neoliberal pundit: the legacy of Sebastián Piñera

The ex-president was infamous for unleashing a brutal state crackdown on demonstrators during widespread uprisings across Chile in 2019.

Mexico and Chile call on International Criminal Court to investigate crimes in Gaza

Mexico and Chile have joined South Africa, Bolivia, Djibouti, Bangladesh, and the Comoros in calling on the ICC to investigate Israel for its crimes in Gaza, including war crimes and genocide.

Chile rejects far-right constitution in latest plebiscite

The Chilean left reacts to the defeat of the proposed constitution, which could have been even “more Pinochet style than the current one”

Remembering Allende and his Project Cybersyn

During Salvador Allende’s brief term in power, a revolutionary project sought to use technology, specifically information from factories for real-time planning and interventions in the economy. What does this tell us about knowledge and the struggle over the infrastructure that produces it?