Chile

Rep. Chip Roy is warning of the growth of “burglary tourism” as law enforcement tracks gangs who fly into the country to commit home invasions.

This year’s Hanukkah celebrations in Chile were disrupted as a result of a series of antisemitic remarks by local politicians and acts of vandalism.

The leftist governments of Latin America will begin 2025 with their once-vaunted unity strained and with many facing its own share of controversies at home.

Chilean authorities announced that they have recovered in Santiago three watches stolen from actor Keanu Reeves’ Los Angeles home in 2023.

Chilean prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they are investigating far-left President Gabriel Boric as a defendant on allegations of “unlawful dissemination of intimate images,” part of a criminal sexual harassment complaint filed by an unidentified woman against Boric in September.

Local prosecutors are investigating far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric over a criminal sexual harassment complaint.

The far-left presidents of Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico on Monday vowed to strengthen the Latin American “progressive bloc” ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

A devastating fire destroyed the San Francisco Church located in the Chilean city of Iquique; no casualties were reported.

The Venezuelan Transport Ministry suspended flights to and from Chile indefinitely on Wednesday, shortly after that nation’s leftist president, Gabriel Boric, condemned the Venezuelan socialist regime at the U.N. General Assembly.

The Chilean Senate passed a draft resolution on Tuesday evening calling for far-left President Gabriel Boric to ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

The governments of Colombia and Peru reportedly began plans on Tuesday to reinforce their borders out of concern that the ongoing political chaos in Venezuela – triggered by a sham presidential election the White House pressured the country to hold – will prompt a new wave of mass migration.

Venezuela’s socialist Maduro regime broke ties with seven Latin American countries after their governments questioned the results of Sunday’s sham presidential election and dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “victory.”

The Cuban External Relations Ministry announced this weekend that it would intervene in the ongoing case against Israel brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “end the genocide against the Palestinian people.”

The government of Chile presented a formal note of protest to Venezuela’s socialist regime this week in response to Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab accusing Chilean intelligence officials of involvement in the death of Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda.

The Latin American branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced far-left Chilean President Gabriel Boric in a public letter on Monday.

Leftist President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced Saturday that his country would join a controversial case led by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, accusing the nation of “genocide” for its self-defense operations against Hamas.

Chilean authorities arrested 22-year-old volunteer firefighter Francisco Mondaca and former forestry official Franco Pinto over the weekend after prosecutors charged the men with causing massive fires in February that left 137 dead and over 16,000 homeless in central Chile.

A report claimed two members of Chile’s Investigative Police were working with a human trafficking cell of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang.

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich of Argentina warned that Hezbollah has greatly expanded its presence throughout South America.

Chilean far-left President Gabriel Boric recalled his ambassador to Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday after the socialist regime there denied the existence of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization.

A report in Colombian media accused Venezuela of using the brutal Tren de Aragua gang to persecute dissidents abroad.

“Well-trained … ninjas” from Chile are burglarizing wealthy Americans in the Detroit, Michigan, suburbs after using the Visa Waiver Program to get into the United States, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard says.

Police have arrested a group of Chilean illegal immigrants who are linked to a string of burglaries across the southern U.S. and east coast.

Chilean media reported on Wednesday that one of the fugitive main suspects in the killing of Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda is not just linked to the Tren de Aragua (Aragua Train) criminal organization, but worked for the Venezuelan government in 2015.

Chile said the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal organization, was involved in the killing of Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda.

Ronald Ojeda, a Venezuelan dissident living in Chile wanted by the socialist Maduro regime, was found dead and buried over the weekend after being reportedly kidnapped on February 21.

India and South Africa on Wednesday blocked the passage of a major investment agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference in Abu Dhabi, potentially scuttling hundreds of billions of dollars in investments — many of them slated for developing countries of the “Global South,” which India frequently claims to champion.

The persistent threat of an invasive fleet of illegal Chinese fishing ships in Latin American waters is depleting fish stocks.

Chilean leftists engaged in acts of public disorder and small riots on Wednesday in celebration of the tragic death of moderate President Sebastián Piñera the day before in a helicopter crash.

Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday evening as he was traveling to southern Chile with three members of his family, who survived.

Chile declared a state of emergency after more than 100 fires erupted that have so far claimed the lives of 122 people.

2023 was a year of majorly influential political news in Latin America.

The world is approaching the conclusion of President Joe Biden’s third year in office in a state of elevated geopolitical chaos.

Chileans voted Sunday against replacing their nation’s constitution for a second time in as many years.

Radical leftist President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced a plan on Thursday to deport illegal immigrants from the country who did not register with Santiago’s biometric registration program by the end of the year, declaring his government would “be inflexible” in deportations and promising, “we will kick them out.”

A naked woman on psychedelic drugs terrorized travelers at a Chilean airport on Thursday in a disturbing incident caught on video.