Authorities have not yet managed to control all the fires. Experts warn that drought, strong winds, aggressive human intervention in nature, and climate change have created a perfect scenario for disaster.

Kast’s agenda will not eliminate unrest but may postpone it for a while, only to sharpen its eventual return to the streets.

As disheartening as this reality may be, it is important to remember that history is not a straight line but a series of changing planes and cycles. The processes of emancipation carry on.

Progressive forces face a fundamental challenge: redefining a global project for the country, revitalizing grassroots organizations, and resolving the always thorny issue of political direction and leadership.

José Antonio Kast, who has promised historic tax cuts and a tougher immigration policy, will be Chile’s next president. Center-left candidate Jeanette Jara has conceded defeat.

Chileans will head to the second round of presidential elections on December 14 and choose between two candidates which appear to be on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum

Among the candidates most likely to win the first round is leftist Jeannette Jara, though she is closely followed by three candidates from the right and far right with considerable popular support.

Marita, whose father was killed by Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile in 1976, sails toward Gaza to break the Israeli blockade.

In Chile, “the market” speaks with the voice of a powerful few while silencing alternatives that challenge the status quo.

A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs.

If Jara wins the election later this year, she will be the first Communist to win the presidency in Chile.

The communist militant was elected presidential candidate of the Chilean left-wing coalition. According to the latest polls, she is currently in second place.