The government led by Javier Milei is pushing forward an initiative to eliminate barriers for foreign investment in Argentina, seeking to allow unrestricted ownership of land, water, and minerals by global corporations and magnates.

El "libertario" busca acelerar un proceso de extranjerización que ya se concentra en los puntos valiosos del país: austral: las zonas de frontera, las orillas de los grandes ríos, las regiones con potencial minero y las áreas que albergan glaciares y acuíferos estratégicos

A Special Investigative Commission (CEI) will thoroughly assess former Minister of Security Trinidad Steinert's actions to determine if she interfered in organized crime investigations and why she requested confidential PDI information.

Alicia Lira, the president of the Group of Families of Executed Political Prisoners, received the 2026 National Human Rights Award in a historic ceremony, emphasizing collective resilience and the ongoing fight for truth and justice amidst challenges to memory and human rights.

The Bank Credit Survey for the second quarter of 2026 reveals that Chilean banks are tightening their lending standards for consumer loans and large corporations, while small and medium-sized enterprises are beginning to show signs of recovery in financing demand.

Original article: “Están los votos, pero no están acá”: el bochorno que obligó al Gobierno a postergar la megarreforma «Votes Are There, But Not Present»; this was the scandal that the government of José Antonio Kast faced when it had to withdraw the urgency of the major tax reform and the Senate postponed the voting […]

The parliamentarian recalled that "the Constitution sets limits precisely to prevent a temporary majority from conditioning the democratic decisions of future generations. This is the debate that the Constitutional Court must now resolve."

The provision—approved in a mixed committee—had consequences as the government had to remove the urgency from its megareform proposal due to a lack of necessary votes in the Senate to approve it. Consequently, the initiative will be voted on during the first week of August.

"Houses are collapsing every day; we have people who evacuated without clothes and are getting sick. Fuel and food supplies are running low," warned a volunteer from the Andean Rescue Corps, stressing that "an evacuation is urgent due to the narrow ravine, which poses a constant risk of avalanches."

This work is part of the inaugural collection of MapBiomas Agua Chile, specifically dedicated to monitoring the country's surface water and glaciers.