The Constitutional Tribunal (TC) has made its first significant move against the Protected Schools Law, accepting challenges from lawmakers aimed at contesting various provisions of the legislation promoted by President José Kast.

The presidential campaign of far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is under intense scrutiny as it faces allegations of making suspicious payments totaling 1.299 billion Colombian pesos to a previously dormant company, raising serious questions about campaign finance transparency.

The incident has become an embarrassment for the Republican Party, which typically promotes messages of order and security: Yanela Flores, a councilwoman from Lumaco, was arrested by police after being accused of stealing merchandise valued at $327,000 from stores at Vivo mall in Coquimbo.

Former prosecutor Carlos Gajardo has raised concerns over President José Antonio Kast's nomination of Gabriel Zaliasnik as Chile's ambassador to Israel, arguing that Zaliasnik is unfit for the role due to serious allegations against him.

The Internal Revenue Service (SII), backed by the Ministry of Finance, has fundamentally altered the legal and economic landscape in Chile with the implementation of Exempt Resolution No. 69, which mandates foreign online gambling platforms to pay Digital VAT, raising questions about the legitimacy of online gambling in the country.

The economic blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba has resulted in severe shortages of vital resources for children, including milk, medicines, and fuel, according to Cuban officials.

The political turmoil in Bolivia escalates as Vice President Édman Lara accuses high-ranking officials of complicity in international drug trafficking, revealing a scandal that implicates government ties and significant drug seizures.

"For example, it equates graffiti with criminal acts in situations where it is a mere infraction, or it penalizes individuals by cutting their housing subsidies due to minor offenses, thus harming both the individual and their family unit. Therefore, we are clearly facing a very damaging project," stated the legislator.

The court emphasized that the sentence "expressly states that at the time of the events there was no illegitimate aggression, which is an indispensable requirement to establish any hypothesis of legitimate defense, even under the wording introduced by Law 21.560."

The case of Ornella Uribe, a Carabineros officer, has sparked a critical examination of femicidal suicide—a concept that highlights the extreme impact of gender violence on women, particularly in contexts where previous domestic abuse has occurred.