Pascale Bonnefoy
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 06:45
President Michelle Bachelet, responding to a series of corruption scandals that have shaken Chile’s political establishment, made sweeping changes in her cabinet on Monday.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 07:53
The United States military intelligence services played a pivotal role in setting up the murders of two American citizens in 1973, providing the Chilean military with the information that led to their deaths, a court here has ruled.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 00:00
At least 2,500 homes were burned to the ground, leaving about 11,000 people homeless, government officials said.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 00:00
The International Court of Justice settled a six-year maritime dispute, slicing about 8,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean from Chile's territory.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
If Ms. Bachelet, a 62-year-old pediatrician, is able to advance her proposals, Chile, one of the region's first countries to aggressively expose its economy to market forces in the 1970s and 1980s, may once again be seen as a laboratory for policy experim
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 00:00
Ms. Bachelet, the candidate of the center-left New Majority alliance, had 46.7 percent of the vote, followed by Evelyn Matthei, an economist backed by the conservative Alliance political bloc that now governs the country, who had 25 percent
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 00:00
Gen. Odlanier Mena, 87, shot himself, officials said, after the government announced it would transfer him to a less privileged prison.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 00:00
The death of Mr. Davis, former commander of the United States Military Group at the embassy in Santiago, would leave many unanswered questions about the possible roles played by United States officials in the killings of the Americans Charles Horman, 31,
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Though there have been official reports about the human rights abuses since then, and some military officers have been prosecuted, many Chileans say the country has not yet fully come to grips with what happened.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 00:00
A former Chilean Army officer charged with murdering Victor Jara, a popular folk singer, shortly after the 1973 military coup has been sued in a Florida court.