Chile Debates Control over Lithium Production
The Chilean government’s decision to invite companies to tender offers for mine lithium resources has been widely rejected by mining trade unions and legislators of the opposition. These sectors demand...
View ArticleChildren Injured in Police Crackdown on Chile’s Mapuche Indians
“We have been trampled by this racist Chilean state, which oppresses us. The police force represses all Mapuche people…they shoot at us in cold blood.” This comment came from a 16-year-old boy...
View ArticleMany Chilean Women Keep Mum About Unequal Wages
“I know that my male colleagues earn more than I do and work the same amount or even less. And my employers keep me in a non-managerial post, even though I do tasks at that level,” said Pamela, a...
View Article“Latin America’s Miracle” – the Land of Invisible Inequality
It’s Friday morning, and Carlos, an executive at a real estate firm in the Chilean capital, gets up knowing that he will knock off early that day, as he does at the end of every week, to enjoy the...
View ArticleWomen Now Have a Voice in Chile’s Press
“We always dreamed of a ‘heroine’ who would not only denounce violence against women, but would also represent us in other spheres,” Kena Lorenzini, the director of Chile’s first feminist publication,...
View ArticleQ&A: Hospitals Working to Reduce Their Ecological Footprint
Medical care is associated with images of cleanliness and good health. Today’s hospitals, however, are major sources of pollution and consume large amounts of valuable resources, like energy. Often...
View ArticleSchool Bullying, a Reflection of Society in Latin America
Because “schools reflect what is going on in society,” an analysis of what is behind the high rates of bullying in Latin America is urgently needed, says Marcela Román, an expert on education in the...
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Q&A: “Another Chile Is Possible, with Greater Democracy and Social Rights”
It is essential for young people in Chile to assume a more active role in politics, especially in two key electoral processes: the municipal elections in October and the legislative and presidential...
View ArticleRuling Against Thermoelectric Plant Sparks Debate
A Chilean Supreme Court decision ordering a halt to the construction of the Castilla thermoelectric power plant has sparked a debate over the country’s energy security. The authorities and some...
View ArticleFamilies of ‘Disappeared’ and Forensic Institute on Good Terms Again
Relations between the families of people “disappeared” by Chile’s 1973-1990 dictatorship and the forensic institute, which have been tense since a 2006 scandal when the state body admitted that it had...
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Media Pluralism at Risk of Extinction in Chile
The announcement that the La Nación newspaper of Chile is closing down has drawn the attention of journalists, analysts and opposition lawmakers to the heavy concentration of press ownership, now in...
View ArticleChile Deports Non-Violent Foreign Prisoners
Chile is releasing and deporting foreign inmates, mainly in prison on drug trafficking charges, as part of a broader attempt at improving conditions in this country’s overcrowded prisons. The law...
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Q&A: Companies Study Climate Risks and Opportunities
Investors and corporations have become increasingly concerned over the effects of climate change, which are being felt in vast areas of the planet and have begun to impact on the profitability of their...
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Q&A: “The Main Challenge for Ecofeminism Is Its Own Contradictions”
We must work “for all of the human rights of women,” not just sexual and reproductive rights, said Coca Trillini, describing the challenges facing the ecofeminist movement that she has embraced since...
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Chile in the Vanguard of Monitoring AIDS Therapy
In Chile, not only do all people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS receive treatment, but the country also has advanced mechanisms for monitoring outcomes of the antiretroviral therapy. “Treatment is available...
View ArticleMapuche Indians Fight New Airport in Southern Chile
“This is a project that reflects the occupation…of Mapuche territory,” said Iván Reyes, an indigenous leader staunchly opposed to the construction of an international airport in the southern Chilean...
View ArticleChile Follows South Africa’s Lead in Climate Change Mitigation
Chile is turning to South-South cooperation to help define the most effective strategies and options for reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the face of global climate change. The Mitigation...
View ArticleIndigenous Chileans Still Fighting Pinochet-Era Highway Project
For more than two decades, Mapuche indigenous people in the Chilean region of Araucanía have been fighting the construction of the Ruta Costera (Coastal Highway), a megaproject initially conceived...
View ArticleHistoric Mapuche Land Conflict Flares Up
A string of attacks in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía, where native Mapuche people are struggling for their land rights, puts the spotlight squarely on what analysts call the “supine...
View ArticleChilean Archaeologists and Environmentalists Fight Dakar Rally
Archaeologists, environmentalists and the National Monuments Council are battling the Dakar Rally, an annual off-road race, in northern Chile, an area with a rich archaeological and natural heritage...
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