In 1978, in a now-destroyed stone oven on the outskirts of Lonquen, 15 bodies of men who were executed by Chile's military dictatorship were found. The ruins have become a memorial for hundreds of ...

The concerns of Patricio Guzmán’s documentary “The Pearl Button” are political and philosophical, but the spirit is closer to poetry. It’s a potent mix for viewers willing to journey along with a ...

Once upon a time, Isabel Allende was the doyenne of the weird and wondrous, the heiress to Gabriel Garcia Marquez's kingdom of magical realism. With early novels and short story collections such as ...

A plaque as part of the Residencias de la Memoria initiative by the Museum of Memory and Human Rights. (By permission of The Museum of Memory and Human Rights) By signing up, you confirm that you are ...

A tall ship from Chile, the Esmeralda, is touring the West Coast of the United States this month. It's intended as a peaceful naval ambassador, but it's stirring dark feelings about Chile's history.

On September 11, 1973, Ariel Dorfman hiding in a safehouse, saw on television a live transmission of a group of soldiers burning books including one he had co-authored with the Belgian sociologist ...

(Reuters) - A magnitude 8.8-earthquake struck south-central Chile on Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. At least 52 people were killed and officials said the death toll would ...

Feb 27 (Reuters) – A magnitude 8.8-earthquake struck south-central Chile on Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. Chile, like other countries around the Pacific Rim’s "ring ...