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Colombia's right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella gestures as he addresses supporters after the preliminary runoff results against leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda, in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2026
De la Espriella win in Colombia cements Latin America’s rightward shift
Colombia and Peru now join Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia and Panama in moving right.
The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on April 27
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 13, 2026
Who are the candidates running for U.N. secretary-general?
The 10th United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2027.
A court in Lyon, France, on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old Chilean man, Nicolas Zepeda, to life in prison for the 2016 murder of Narumi Kurosaki, a 21-year-old University of Tsukuba student who went missing while studying in France.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2026
Chilean man gets life sentence in France over missing Japanese woman
The defendant is a former boyfriend of the victim, Narumi Kurosaki, a student of Japan’s University of Tsukuba who was studying in France when she went missing.
Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast attends a mass at the metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago on Thursday, a day after he was sworn in as the country's new leader.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
Chile’s new president charts conservative path in first speech
Shortly after taking office, Jose Antonio Kast moved to ramp up border security, audit spending and cut red tape, before reiterating his plans for an “emergency government.”
Chile's new president, Jose Antonio Kast, and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola wave to supporters from the balcony of La Moneda Palace in Santiago on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
Chile’s new president to signal swift alignment with Trump
Jose Antonio Kast, 60, was sworn in on Wednesday and plans to quickly sign broad agreements with the U.S. to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.
Container ships at the Port of Arica in Arica, Chile. China buys most of the region’s commodities and has made substantial investments in infrastructure, especially ports.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2026
Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit in Miami
Imposing visa restrictions on Chilean officials sent a warning to the region that it must choose sides as U.S. President Donald Trump works to reassert dominion over the Americas.
A drone view shows waste, including plastic bottles, used tires and various nonorganic waste, floating on the Drina river, creating a floating rubbish dump, in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Feb 8, 2026
Chile’s climate summit chief to lead plastic pollution treaty talks
“Plastic pollution is a planetary problem that affects everyone: every country, every community and every individual,” career diplomat Julio Cordano warned after being elected.
A police officer watches prisoners during a visit by El Salvador’s minister of justice and public security, Gustavo Villatoro, and Chile’s president-elect, Jose Antonio Kast (not pictured), to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2026
Chile President-elect Kast visits Bukele’s mega-prison to spotlight security plans
Kast is an ultraconservative who wants to eradicate irregular migration and organized crime in one of Latin America’s richest nations.
Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast waves during the presentation of his cabinet at the office of the president-elect, in Las Condes, Santiago, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
Chile rights groups slam cabinet picks featuring Pinochet-era figures
Jose Antonio Kast, 60, will be sworn in on March 11 as the first far-right head of state in Chile since the exit of late dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast presents the members of his Cabinet in Santiago on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Chile president picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers of human rights and defense
Jose Antonio Kast will be sworn in on March 11 as the first far-right leader of Chile since the exit of dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose regime left deep scars on the nation.
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast will inherit a crisis as raging wildfires left at least 19 people dead and hundreds homeless.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Chile’s incoming president inherits crisis as raging wildfires kill 19
Blazes continue to burn in the center-south regions of Biobio and Nuble, charring neighborhoods and forcing more than 50,000 people to evacuate.
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning house during a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jan 19, 2026
Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 18
Wildfires have severely impacted Chile in recent years amid growing signs of the impact of climate change in the country, including extreme weather, droughts and floods.
Then-Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei of the La Libertad Avanza party addresses a campaign rally in Buenos Aires in September 2023. He went on to win the election.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2026
The year of the right is looming in Latin America
If 2025 marked the reemergence of Latin America’s right, then 2026 is likely to cement it.
Supporters of Chile’s President-elect Jose Antonio Kast celebrate in Santiago on Monday, the day after the runoff election.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2025
Chile follows Latin American neighbors in lurching right
Leftist leaders have not won a single presidential election in Latin America this year as voters have grown tired of economic woes and been invigorated by strongman rhetoric.
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast (right) and his wife, Maria Pia Adriasola, celebrate the results of the presidential runoff election that he won in Santiago on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2025
Kast wins Chile’s presidency, deepening regional shift to law-and-order politics
Jose Antonio Kast, a consistent right-wing hard-liner, leveraged on voter fears over rising crime and migration to secure 58% of the vote in a runoff.
A man holds up Chile's national flag on the day of the presidential election in Santiago on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2025
Chile communist and conservative heading to presidential runoff
The opposing candidates represent starkly divergent views on how to lead one of Latin America’s richest economies.
Mugs for sale with images of presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast as well as Augusto Pinochet at a shop in Chile on Oct. 28
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Pining for Pinochet: How crime fanned nostalgia for Chile’s dictator
Polls are showing Chileans clamoring for order and authoritarianism, with many expressing fondness for the dictatorship of late general Augusto Pinochet.
A customer pays for a coffee at a bar in Buenos Aires on Sept. 23. Many Argentines are traveling to Rio de Janeiro, Miami and the Uruguayan beach town of Punta del Este but, when it comes to shopping trips, most go to the Chilean capital of Santiago.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2025
Argentines blow billions shopping abroad, fanning currency crisis
More Argentines have traveled to Chile this year than have people from every other country combined, with their purchases with Argentine bank cards there soaring 438% this year.
A fan of Universidad de Chile throws a stone during the Copa Sudamericana match against Independiente at the Libertadores de America stadium in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Aug 22, 2025
Chile and Argentina soccer fans trade blame over stadium violence
More than 100 people were arrested over some of the worst sporting violence South America has seen in years.
Waves slam into a sea wall off Waikiki Beach after authorities downgraded earlier tsunami warnings following an earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Wedenesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2025
Tsunami danger has Chile to U.S. on alert after Russia quake
Aftershocks will likely continue for months and there is no way to predict if there will be another massive shake.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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