April 25, 2000
The trial on the lifting of former dictator Augusto Pinochet's parliamentary immunity, to start Wednesday, will be an acid test for Chile's judiciary, whose independence has long been questioned, as well as for the incomplete transition to democracy.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2000/04/rights-chile-pinochet-trial-acid-test-for-democratic-transition/
August 16, 2022
Local leaders of the Rural Sanitation Services (RSS) warn that the digging of illegal wells by large agro-export companies in Chile is aggravating the effects of drought and threatening drinking water supplies and social peace.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2022/08/rural-systems-mitigate-impact-overuse-water-chile/
December 8, 2016
After 26 years of democratic governments, Chile has finally passed a law that defines torture as a criminal act, but which is still not sufficient to guarantee that the abuses will never again happen, according to human rights experts.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2016/12/anti-torture-law-helps-pay-off-chiles-debt-to-human-rights/
December 6, 2012
The legacy of Chile's 1973-1990 dictatorship, which left some 3,000 people dead and “disappeared”, remains alive in the country's society and political system, says journalist and writer Mauricio Weibel.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/qa-chiles-21st-century-democracy-arose-from-the-dictatorship/
March 11, 2010
While Chile's new rightwing President Sebastián Piñera, who announced that he would lead "a government of reconstruction," was being sworn in Thursday, the earthquake-ravaged country was shaken by major aftershocks.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2010/03/chile-aftershocks-rock-inaugural-ceremony/
December 14, 2009
The right in Chile has not come so close to winning the presidency since Gen. Augusto Pinochet stepped down in March 1990, bringing a 17-year dictatorship to an end.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2009/12/elections-chile-presidency-in-sight-for-the-right/
May 20, 2008
"Chilean society does not want to forgive and forget; it wants justice" in human rights abuse cases, says historian and political scientist Claudio Fuentes, one of the authors of a new study that takes a look at how Chilean perceptions of the armed forces changed from 1991 to 2007.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2008/05/qa-the-public-image-of-chiles-post-pinochet-military/
December 27, 2006
The rightwing opposition in Chile has been reveling in the allegations of corruption in the financing of election campaigns by the centre-left governing coalition, but it may now find itself in the dock as accused, rather than accuser.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/challenges-2006-2007-corruption-allegations-and-score-settling-in-chile/
December 10, 2006
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died Sunday afternoon in Santiago at the age of 91, will be remembered in Chile as one of the key figures of the 20th century, leaving behind a legacy in which human rights crimes and corruption overshadowed the status of statesman to which he once aspired.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/chile-pinochet-never-convicted-in-court-dead-at-91/
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died Sunday afternoon in Santiago at the age of 91, will be remembered in Chile as one of the key figures of the 20th century, leaving behind a legacy in which human rights crimes and corruption overshadowed the status of statesman to which he once aspired.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/chile-pinochet-never-convicted-in-court-dead-at-91/
October 17, 2006
Despite an Inter-American Court on Human Rights ruling against the amnesty law in force in Chile since 1978 and President Michelle Bachelet's determination to comply, it will not be easy to revoke the law.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/10/rights-chile-uphill-climb-to-overturn-amnesty/
September 8, 2006
The Mapuche people are once again preparing to mobilise within Chile and abroad to rally support for three imprisoned community members and one activist, following Senate rejection of a long-awaited measure that would have secured their conditional release.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/09/chile-closed-door-for-prisoners-galvanises-mapuche-mobilisation/
January 16, 2006
The day after becoming the first woman ever to win a presidential election in South America, Michelle Bachelet shared breakfast with current Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, marking a political transition and cultural shift that has inspired high hopes and expectations.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/01/elections-chile-bachelet-makes-history-marks-cultural-shift/
January 13, 2006
A 54-year-old Socialist doctor who is a former political prisoner and the daughter of a general will face off on Sunday with a successful 56-year-old rightwing Harvard-trained economist and businessman from a Christian Democratic family, in a bid to become the next president of Chile.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/01/elections-chile-unconventional-rivals-head-for-final-showdown/
A 54-year-old Socialist doctor who is a former political prisoner and the daughter of a general will face off on Sunday with a successful 56-year-old rightwing Harvard-trained economist and businessman from a Christian Democratic family, in a bid to become the next president of Chile.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/01/elections-chile-unconventional-rivals-head-for-final-showdown/
July 26, 2005
While governments loudly proclaim the importance of civil society in the international community, non-governmental organisations and independent observers are following the United Nations reform process with scepticism.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2005/07/united-nations-civil-society-in-chile-sceptical-about-reforms/
July 14, 2005
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos described constitutional reforms approved by Congress as the final step in the country's lengthy transition to democracy.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2005/07/chile-historic-reforms-complete-transition-to-democracy/
November 17, 2004
Chile's Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Wednesday that says the amnesty law passed by the de facto military regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) cannot be invoked by the former heads of the dictatorship's secret police.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2004/11/rights-chile-ruling-paves-way-for-trials-in-forced-disappearances/
Chile's Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Wednesday that says the amnesty law passed by the de facto military regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) cannot be invoked by the former heads of the dictatorship's secret police.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2004/11/rights-chile-ruling-paves-way-for-trials-in-forced-disappearances/
July 15, 2004
An initiative by the Chilean government to begin charging royalties from the private companies that mine copper in Chile not only put an end to the honeymoon between President Ricardo Lagos and the business community.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2004/07/chile-heated-debate-over-proposed-royalty-for-mining-companies/
December 2, 2003
The son of the legendary leader of the Chilean Revolutionary Leftist Movement (MIR) has sparked a firestorm of political debate with his new documentary, "Chile: Los héroes están fatigados" (Chile: The Heroes Are Tired).
https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/12/arts-weekly-film-chile-heroes-fed-up-with-fighting/