Chile News

Santiago - Chilean police have discovered human remains near a restaurant linked to a German enclave where opposition figures were tortured and killed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.The remains were uncovered by a company digging for building materia...

Santiago - The Vatican has opened an investigation into a Chilean bishop for alleged sexual abuse, the local Church leadership said Thursday.

Santiago - Six victims of an infamous "Caravan of Death" that executed some 75 people across Chile following dictator Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup, have been identified, forensic experts said Friday.

Spanish-born Manuel Rico has been busy with an internship in gynecology in Chile. This past "Mr Spanish Beauty 2010" now has the ladies literally queuing up for his attentions, but wants to be taken seriously.

The Hague - Lima cried victory Monday after the UN's top court handed it a wedge of sea under Chilean sovereignty, but Peruvian fishermen nevertheless said they gained nothing from the historic ruling.

Santiago - Call them symbolic or the stuff of chest-thumping national pride, but a string of rumbling Latin American territorial disputes are set to take center stage at The Hague.

Santiago - The government of Chile reached a deal with union leaders early Saturday to end a month-long strike at several ports that had crippled the nation's export sector.

Concepci - The Bio-Bio River is Chile's second largest river and the country's widest. As one of Chile's most important rivers from the historical and economical standpoints, it has become a symbol of the long struggle of the aboriginal Mapuche.

The Cathedral of Chillán is a memorial to the 5,648 victims of the earthquake of 24 January 1939. The unique modernistic construction provides a bright setting full of symbolism honouring those who died that tragic night in the Chilean city of Chillán.

Valdivia - Chile's first drawbridge has been hit with an engineering fault: one of it's traffic decks was built upside down in an error blamed on Spanish engineers.