Chile

Trump administration to overturn Biden's Minnesota mining ban

The move has been in development for much of the past year and involves a complex series of legislative steps that will benefit Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper, cobalt, and nickel project.

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByREUTERS

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, October 6, 2025.

A DELEGATION from Chile stands with Israeli hosts at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao (the representative with a headband behind the Israeli flag) is the president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao.

Indigenous solidarity: Mapuche leader visits Israel, finds common ground with Jewish people

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A delegation from Chile, including the current president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao, Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao, recently visited Israel for the first time.

JANUARY 3, 2026|ByAUDREY LYNN LEINOFF

Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party of Chile, and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola Barroilhet, arrive at a polling station to vote during a presidential runoff election, in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025.

Pro-Israel candidate Kast, son of Nazi official, wins Chilean presidential elections

Son of a Nazi official, Kast will replace a Chilean administration led by Gabriel Boric, a vocal critic of Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

DECEMBER 15, 2025|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

View of a Chilean flag waving near the Grey glacier at the Torres del Paine National Park in Magallanes, Chile on November 29, 2017.

Chile rescuers search for tourists lost in Patagonian snowstorm, five dead

Torres del Paine Mayor Anahi Cardenas said five people had died, including two Mexicans, two Germans, and one British national.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025|ByREUTERS

Israeli traveler evacuated from Torre Del Paine trek in Chile

The traveler sent the SOS through a satellite device created by MAGNUS, an international search & rescue service provider.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByALON EINHORN

Landscape of the Torres del Paine national park in the southern Patagonia region of Chile

BDS declared illegal for all cities in Chile

It is illegal for municipalities to boycott Israel, the Chilean National Comptroller determined this week.

DECEMBER 6, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV

Hernán López, Executive Director of CCHIL (Left) and Gabriel Colodro, President of CCHIL (right)

Haley: New human rights chief must address UNHRC failures, Israel bias

The commissioner does not control the UN Human Rights Council, but it is run through that office and part of Bachelet’s new job will be to report to the UNHRC.

AUGUST 10, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Chile's former President Michelle Bachelet leaves the Congress after the inauguration ceremony of Chile's newly sworn in President Sebastian Pinera in Valparaiso, Chile March 11, 2018.

Legal action taken against first BDS motion by Latin American municipality

AUGUST 9, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

A member of the Palestinian community in Chile paints a Palestinian flag on her face during a protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza

Direct TLV-South America flights to begin in December

LATAM will become the only airline to operate direct flights between Israel and South America.

APRIL 8, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER

A PLANE at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Chile’s little secret – a tale of two communities

Palestinians in Lebanon and Syria have been impoverished and massacred. On the other hand, Palestinians in Chile continue to enjoy significant success, by any standards.

DECEMBER 27, 2017ByRON JONTOF - HUTTER