In a sharply worded open letter titled De Nobel a Nobel and published by Página/12, Argentine Nobel Peace laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel rebuked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, asking why she would call for a U.S. invasion of Venezuela and warning that Washington has interests, not allies.

[VIDEO] Khan Yunis erupts in celebration as the first of 38 buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners enters Gaza.

Key documents — including fees paid to Morgan Stanley and the CORFO meeting that empowered Codelco to negotiate with SQM — remain undisclosed. Despite Máximo Pacheco’s refusal to provide them to Congress, Chile’s Comptroller General can scrutinize CORFO’s contracts and could go further by examining records from the opaque Codelco–SQM negotiations over the Salar de Atacama lithium project.

Leopoldo García, a survivor of detention at Santiago's National Stadium, made history in 2013 when his case became the first involving a living victim of dictatorship-era human rights abuses to be resolved by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

A selfie is no excuse for damage: Videos show visitors stepping off trails and trampling the Atacama bloom. Sernatur Atacama and Conaf urge visitors to follow the rules; fines can reach $350,000 CLP, and violations can be reported to 134 (PDI) or 133 (Carabineros).

The meeting ran longer than planned and covered peace, democracy, social justice, the Catholic Church's abuse scandals in Chile, and the Gaza cease-fire.

Ecuador has detained 118 people during 21 days of protests over the governments diesel subsidy cut, as Indigenous Resistance Day marches in Quito drew allegations of police and military repression under President Daniel Noboa.

Hamas handed over the 20 surviving hostages still held in Gaza, with the International Committee of the Red Cross receiving the final 13 for transfer to Israeli military custody. In parallel, U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Israel. The repatriation of 28 bodies of deceased captives remains pending.

Chile’s president will meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, hold talks with Italy’s Sergio Mattarella, and open the FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum—part of a packed Rome agenda focused on human rights, Gaza, the climate crisis and investment.

Experts emphasize that responsibility extends beyond teachers: without clear, shared rules among schools, families, and students, smartphone use by children and adolescents can become problematic—and parents are less likely to engage or provide feedback.