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Women’s rights activists in Chile say that the country’s new constitution will catalyze progress for women in the country – and could set a new global standard for gender equality in politics.

Chile's biggest pop export, Mon Laferte, is known for speaking her mind and going to great lengths to do so.
Her latest album, Seis, is her most intimate and courageous yet; tackling complex topics such as misogyny, repression, and injustice, inspired by her lived experiences.
It comes at a time where Laferte, more than at any other point in her career, has emerged as a polarising figure in Latin America.

Chile’s current constitution does not recognize the nation’s Indigenous groups, but their representation at the table where the country’s charter will be rewritten may signal hope for a new model of governance across Latin America.

Paloma Mami’s favorite Chilean slang word is conchatumadre, “I say it every day,” she tells Clash, laughing. It loosely translates to a bastard or c*nt; and it’s not surprising that it’s Paloma’s slang of choice.
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The 21-year-old Chilean-American R&B star has been on the defensive ever since she started making music in 2018. Based in Santiago, Chile, she’s endured criticism for not being Chilean enough because she grew up in New York. The Chilean press – almost as toxic as its UK c...

Despite successful vaccination drive, infections are increasing across Chile, exacerbating deep-seated inequalities.

Chile has one of the highest vaccination rates per capita in the world, but daily cases are also higher than ever.

"There's something classical but vanguard about it.”
In 'El Madrileño', C. Tangana aligns himself with the classics

SANTIAGO, Chile - When Melanie Riffo discovered she was pregnant last September, she knew that something didn’t add up.
The 20-year-old from the southern Chilean city of Chillán had been careful. She took the birth control pills she was prescribed and given by her local public health clinic, always followed her nurse’s instructions, and she even took extra precautions. But she still got pregnant.
"I never considered becoming a mother at this age. I wanted to go to school, which is already exp...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Maria Bahamondes was locked in a holding cell in central Chile. She had been arrested for breaking into the regional prosecutor’s office, in a desperate bid for justice in her cousin’s death.

Far from the festive celebrations, Karina Nohales spent Christmas Day protesting in the heat of the Santiago summer, furiously decrying violence against women. “No estamos todas…” (We’re not all here), she shouted through her protective facemask in one of several feminist rallies organized after a string of unrelated killings of women occurred over Christmas week.

A Chilean police officer has been jailed for killing a Mapuche farmer during a vehicle chase in a case that cast a harsh spotlight on the country’s treatment of its largest indigenous group.

Chile has voted overwhelmingly in favor of rewriting the country’s constitution to replace guiding principles imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Jubilant pro-reform supporters took to the streets of the capital Santiago and other cities to celebrate on Sunday night after exit polls showed that 78.24% of people had voted to approve a rewrite, while 21.76% rejected the change.
Voters also elected for the new constitution to be entirely drafted ...

Sunday’s referendum could mean end for 1980 constitution that allowed privatization to flourish and led to widespread inequality

Videos from a protest in Chile on Friday show a police officer pushing a 16-year-old over the side of a bridge onto a rocky riverbed. After falling at least 15 feet onto concrete, the boy lies motionless, face down in the dirty water of Santiago’s Mapocho River.