News in brief
Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast has announced the appointment of two former lawyers of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet to key positions in his incoming government. Fernando Barros, 68, will serve as Minister of Defense, while Fernando Rabat, 53, will head the Ministry of Justice......
The Spanish government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo have congratulated José Antonio Kast on his decisive victory in Chile’s presidential elections. Sánchez praised Kast’s win and highlighted Chile......
Chileans will vote on Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election dominated by rising fears over organized crime and a powerful surge from the far right, which could return to power for the first time since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in 1990. Voting is compulsory, and authorities......
At least 57 people were detained on Sunday in Santiago following clashes with police during the annual march held in memory of the victims of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1990), according to police reports. The demonstration took place just days before the 52nd anniversary of the......
A tragic plane crash occurred on Tuesday in the eastern Algerian city of Jijel, killing four people, including a Chilean national and two civil protection officers. The Algerian Civil Protection issued a statement confirming the deaths. The accident involved a Zlin reconnaissance aircraft, manufactured......
Rescue teams in Chile are racing against time to locate and save five miners trapped underground after a collapse occurred at the El Teniente copper mine on Thursday afternoon. The accident, which left one dead and nine injured, was triggered by a seismic event whose exact cause—whether natural......
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor was recorded in the Drake Passage, located between Cape Horn and Antarctica, at a shallow depth of approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles). In......
A 23-year-old man had an extraordinary brush with nature when a humpback whale briefly swallowed him before spitting him back out, allowing him to recount the harrowing yet surreal experience. The incident occurred while he was rafting with his father in the southernmost tip of Chile. Captured on video......
