Who is Jose Antonio Kast, Chile’s next president and Pinochet admirer?
Kast, whose father was a Nazi, is a veteran right-wing politician and has pledged crackdowns on crime and migration
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Chile elects far-right José Antonio Kast as next president
Son of Nazi party member and admirer of Pinochet, Kast’s campaign was built on promise to expel thousands of migrants
New Chilean leader faces task of keeping good terms with both US and China
José Antonio Kast, who won Sunday’s presidential election, is ideologically aligned with Trump, but China is Chile’s biggest trading partner
Why is Latin America shifting hard right?
Chile looks set to elect its most right-wing president since Pinochet on Sunday, reflecting a broader regional swing away from leftist governments
Two Lidl wines from South America to consider for Christmas
Wines for the Weekend: Some Chardonnays pair really well with turkey, prawns and smoked salmon
Cecilia Vicuña: ‘Democracy allowed a teenager like me to be free. When that was removed, it was like the end of the world’
The renowned Chilean artist, whose first Irish solo show is at Imma, on the inspiration for her work
Norwegian billionaire left to rue Mainstream Renewable deal as losses hit €1.2bn
Fisherman-turned-industrial tycoon Kjell Inge Roekke will now have to hold Irish company tighter under his wider empire
‘Go back to your own country’: Immigrants in Dublin tell of regular racist abuse
Some believe those with racist views are emboldened by what they see as changing political mood
Bolivia the latest South American country to lurch right as fed-up voters reject ruling socialists
Economic collapse and left-wing political infighting help Christian Democrat to surprise victory in presidential vote
Three of five trapped workers found dead in Chile copper mine
Codelco discovered the first trapped worker on Saturday and another two early on Sunday
My Name is Emilia del Valle: A lighthearted and comical late-Victorian adventure
Unusually, Isabel Allende’s latest novel focuses not on the fantastical but on actual people, places and events
Philippe Sands: ‘The legal order that was created in 1945 is now being challenged around the world’
The Brexit-disdaining, Irish-reunification supporting Anglo-French litigator is coming to Ireland in June
38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands: The parallel stories of mass murderers
Senior Nazi Walther Rauff and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s lives were linked by brutality, death and the evasion of justice
Don’t overlook Chile when it comes to premium wine
The Irish love Chilean wines – Ireland’s biggest seller – but we prefer to pay less for it
Humpback whale swallows and then spits out kayaker off Chile coast
‘I went under and thought I had been swallowed’ says Adrian Simancas
Land Power: How ownership of the ground beneath our feet can mould our destiny and even embed racial and gendered inequalities
Michael Albertus draws upon 15 years of research and fieldwork in his examination of land-holding across the world from the 17th century onwards
Fiction in translation: Alejandro Zambra rescues fatherhood from the box-ticking dutifulness of parenting manuals
Reviews of works by Alejandro Zambra, Toon Tellegen, Gaëlle Bélem and the Marquis de Sade
Latin America’s female new wave finds its voice
Political and social turmoil provide the backdrop to themes of violence and identity for this burgeoning generation of writers
Ambassador of Nowhere: A Latin American Pilgrimage - inquisitive journeying
Richard Gwyn blends memoir, cultural travel and political history
Chilean wines: four lesser-known bottles worth seeking out
There’s more to the wines of this South American stronghold than great value
Firefighter accused of starting fire that killed 137 people in Chile
Prosecutors say motive was to provide more work for firefighters
Climate victims testify at inter-American rights court in historic case
AMERICAS-CLIMATE JUSTICE/ (ANALYSIS):ANALYSIS-Climate victims testify at Americas rights court in historic case
From Tip to Top: The Journey of a Lifetime, From Chile to Alaska is an inspiring and absorbing read
Peter Murtagh delivers a pacey, age-defying ride along the Pan-American Highway
My five unforgettable days whitewater kayaking in Chile: The river showed me who’s in charge
By the end of the trip I thought I had the Futaleufú river pretty much figured out, and then I took that wrong turn
The Settlers: A masterfully staged film styles Chile’s genocidal past as a spaghetti western to chilling effect
There are no good guys in Felipe Gálvez Haberle’s directorial debut about a murderous colonial mission at the turn of the century
Chile forest fires: 112 dead with death toll expected to rise
Hundreds of people are missing as firefighters battle to quell fierce blazes in Valparaiso region
At least 99 people killed in forest fires in Chile
Governor of the Valparaiso region says he believes some of the fires could have been caused intentionally
At least 19 dead as forest fires rage in Chile, with heavily populated towns under threat
Death toll set to rise as rescue workers struggle to reach areas hit by fires, which have so far covered up to 43,000 hectares in central Chile
Chilean voters go from left wing to right wing in just two years
Second referendum in 15 months on new constitution, to be held this weekend, unlikely to heal deep divisions
What will €1.2 million buy in Chile, France, Sweden, Japan and Mayo?
A condo in Valparaiso, a chateau in Port-Sainte-Marie, an apartment in Tokyo and more
‘You can see that progress, change and openness in Ireland, and I really like seeing that parallel with Chile’
New to the Parish: Paula Pinto arrived from London in 2021
A divided Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet’s bloody military coup
CHILE-ANNIVERSARY/ (PIX, TV):A divided Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet's bloody military coup
Fintan O’Toole: Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday allows us to reflect on a dark century
Fintan O’Toole: The centenarian embodies, perhaps more than anyone else, the failure of the United States to learn the moral lessons of the 20th century’s most catastrophic depravities
‘Life in Ireland is much easier and nicer. In Chile it’s all just work and paying bills’
New to the Parish: Camila Munoz Garcia came to Dublin from Chile
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