Chile

Argentina has doubled the price of the natural gas it sells to Chile, passing on the costs of a declining industry to its neighbor. This will only be a short-term fix, however, as Chile looks forward to a future of diversified natural-gas sourcing on the global market. [more]

The U.N. Secretary-General has warned that failure to address the global food crisis properly could lead to economic, social and political crises around the world. In some areas, political aftershocks are already apparent, as a wrap-up of recent events in Latin America indicates. [more]

Powerful aftershocks continued to rattle Chile's Antofagasta copper-producing region Nov. 15, although most of the country's copper mines have restarted operations. [more]

At 12:45 p.m. local time, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile approximately 800 miles north of Santiago. [more]

The Aug. 15 earthquake in Peru could give Chile an opportunity to reduce tensions between the two... [more]

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's May 21 announcement of plans to construct a second... [more]

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet met with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger on March 18-19 to... [more]

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposed Jan. 29 that Russia and Iran join forces... [more]

Setbacks for two major mining operations in Chile and Canada in negotiations with unions on Jan.... [more]

Chilean officials are investigating a bomb attack in the Santiago municipality of Providencia, La... [more]

The world's largest copper mine has just been shut down due to a labor dispute, raising the... [more]

Chile is about to write off the reliability of its immediate neighborhood and take its first... [more]

Bolivian President Evo Morales followed through on a campaign promise on Monday by nationalizing... [more]

Venezuela has assumed the rotating presidency of the Andean Community (AnCom) for one year, and... [more]

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos said July 15 during a speech in Sydney, Australia, that Chile... [more]

Michelle Bachelet, the frontrunner in Chile's presidential race, has offered a broad dialogue... [more]

The United States is prepared to give Israel an additional $1 billion in aid if Israel goes... [more]

A previously unknown Bolivian military movement surfaced on a privately owned television station... [more]

A new wave of anti-government protests began in Bolivia's capital La Paz on May 16. Indigenous,... [more]

Argentina has slashed natural-gas exports to Chile, leaving Santiago with a significant deficit... [more]