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News Articles: Chile

Ana Sandoval, a dedicated researcher at Initihuasi Seed Bank, nurturing the future with a pot of shooting seeds — preserving biodiversity one sprout at a time.

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  • Latin America

In the world's driest desert, Chile freezes its future to protect plants

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.

February 01, 2026
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By:
  • John Bartlett
Venezuelans living in Chile celebrate in Santiago on Jan. 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on Venezuela.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela's exiles in Chile caught between hope and uncertainty

Initial joy among Venezuela's diaspora in Chile has given way to caution, as questions grow over what Maduro's capture means for the country — and for those who fled it.

January 11, 2026
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By:
  • John Bartlett

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  • World

Greetings from Chiloé Island, Chile, where the fast-moving tides are part of local lore

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

December 17, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party, waves after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Chile shifts sharply right as José Antonio Kast wins Presidency

José Antonio Kast, a far-right politician, who has praised Chile's dictatorship, has won the presidency, signaling a sharp rightward shift fueled by fears over crime, migration, and the economy.

December 14, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
Chile's presidential candidate Jeannette Jara of the Unidad por Chile coalition at her closing rally and Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party speaking during his closing campaign rally.

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  • Latin America

Chile votes in polarizing presidential runoff as far-right takes lead

Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win.

December 13, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
Aerial view of El Teniente copper mine, operated by Codelco, where a collapse killed one worker and trapped five others underground, leading to a suspension of operations in Rancagua Chile.

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  • Latin America

The bodies of all 5 miners are found and identified in Chilean mine collapse

The five miners were trapped deep inside Chile's El Teniente mine on Thursday after a section of the mine collapsed following a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.

August 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Reinaldo Caro unloads his catch from the shoreline of the Almirante Montt Gulf, Chilean Patagonia.

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  • World

Chile's Indigenous fishermen say the salmon industry threatens their way of life

Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.

June 08, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
A man walks in a parking garage during a power outage, in Santiago, Chile, on Feb. 25, 2025.

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  • Latin America

A sweeping power blackout leaves most of Chile in darkness

Internet and mobile phone services blinkered offline. People complained of water shortages as pumps stopped working. Emergency generators helped hospitals and government offices continue operating.

February 26, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The town of Peine, near the Salt flats and one of the closest towns to the lithium mining operations. 13th of April, 2024. Antofagasta, Chile.

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  • Latin America

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.

February 23, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
A screenshot of a video from the Associated Press shows Adrián Simancas kayaking in the Strait of Magellan, moments before a whale surfaced and briefly engulfed him.

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  • Animals

Did a whale swallow a kayaker? The truth behind the viral video

A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

February 14, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Kristine Tompkins, founder of Tompkins Conservation, hikes up to the Cross of the Seas located in the southernmost point of South America, in Patagonia, Chile, on Nov. 2, 2024.

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  • Latin America

How one U.S. conservationist's work is helping to preserve Chile's wilderness

Chile is set to gain its 47th national park early this year — largely due to the efforts of U.S. conservationist Kristine Tompkins and her organization.

January 12, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
Ilia Reyes Aymani, a researcher and teacher, has written short songs in Ckunsa, a once-extinct Indigenous language, to teach colors and numbers to the local children. She stands for a portrait in San Pedro de Atacama in Antofagasta, Chile, on April 15. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/14/nx-s1-5148780/chile-lost-language-atacama-desert"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Latin America

In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life

Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.

October 14, 2024
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  • John Bartlett
Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda sits in Paris in October 1971.

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  • Latin America

Death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda should be reinvestigated, court rules

The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile's 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court has ruled, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet.

February 21, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
People against the draft of a new constitution celebrate after the polls closed in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era charter

The vote came more than a year after Chileans rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention. The new document was more conservative than the one it had sought to replace.

December 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Palestinians conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment by the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on Wednesday.

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  • World

South American leaders are confronting Israel over its offensive in Gaza

Bolivia broke off relations with Israel, Chile and Colombia pulled their ambassadors out of Tel Aviv and Brazil has pleaded for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

November 01, 2023
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  • Carrie Kahn
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