Deputy Consuelo Veloso alleges a corrupt network in Southern Maule municipalities linked to the "Invoice Case," with investigating mayors. She reports billions in false invoices and unexecuted projects while requesting an investigation from the State Defense Council (CDE) and the Comptroller's Office.

This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 9, 10, and 11, the 10th Lafkenche Congress will take place in Quellón, following the agreement made during the 9th Lafkenche Congress held in Trewako (Hualpin). The event gathers over 300 representatives from the Lafkenche Mapuche communities.

An Argentine analyst claims that the wildfires in Patagonia serve to facilitate a reform package aimed at altering key environmental laws to hand over territories to foreign capital. "Let everything burn so they can advance with the reform package negotiated with the governors," she states in her post.

In the port city, Álvaro Peña had many friends and made significant musical collaborations, including with the band Fatiga de Material, recognized as one of the most powerful and vibrant rock sessions of the early decade.

The performance, presented as a surreal collage, interweaves multiple languages and aesthetic categories examining the rise of fascist movements that use crises to normalize their ideologies. The event is set for January 14 at 8:00 PM at Sala la Comedia of Teatro ICTUS.

"Defending sovereignty does not mean supporting a regime: it means defending the right of peoples to decide without bombs. I love my country, I love Chile, and under no context would I like or justify a foreign invasion," states the former senator from Biobío in this interview conducted by Juan Pablo Orellana.

The Environmental Evaluation Commission rejected the invalidation request of the RCA for the Zapallar Reservoir project, a major water initiative aimed at damming the Diguillín River in Ñuble Region, which would flood nearly 400 hectares, displace rural communities, and still lacks an environmental assessment for its canal network despite over four years of delay. Organizations announce plans to appeal to the Environmental Tribunal.

Karina Riquelme, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, stated, "What happened here is overdue but confirms what has been asserted: the criminalizing rhetoric directed particularly at the Temucuicui community has been echoed today by politicians and even the newly elected president."

The verdict reading is scheduled for 10:00 AM on Thursday, April 2, 2026. Prior to the hearing, prosecutor Luis González stated, as noted by Radio ADN, that the defendants face potential sentences of up to 20 years.

A follow-up by Chile Sustainable throughout 2025 reveals that, just weeks before the SBAP begins operations, only one of the regulations from Law 21.600 has been published, raising concerns about the service starting with limited powers.