Karen Rojo, the former mayor of Antofagasta, has returned to Chile in handcuffs to serve her five-year sentence for embezzlement, after evading justice for more than a year.

Joaquín Lavín Infante has launched "Santos x Chat", a subscription-based WhatsApp chatbot that allows users to engage in conversations with five Catholic saints, blending spirituality with modern technology.

As opposition mounts, Constanza Schönhaut from the Broad Front declares, "We will not take a step back," while condemning a new bill from far-right lawmakers that seeks to impose conditions on legal abortion access, which critics describe as turning it into an "act of torture."

This figure originates from the 2025 Income Supplementary Survey (ESI) published by the National Statistics Institute in July 2026, applied in the fourth quarter of the previous year to assess labor income for employed individuals at national and regional levels. Reports are now available online.

Geographer María Victoria Soto from the University of Chile warned that the anticipated rainfall could also reactivate flood-prone areas in the Santiago valley, with the Estero Lampa basin identified as particularly vulnerable due to urban growth reducing its wide floodplain. "We are talking about old wetlands and lagoons that were filled in and made impermeable. With rainfall of this magnitude, it is very likely these systems will behave as they originally did," she cautioned.

"This policy benefits less than 1% of the population, who are economically well-off, while harming the rest of the city that relies on these resources to fund essential services," stated the Maipú mayor, urging the government to "open itself to technical evidence and seek agreements."

Jorge del Pozo Pastene has been accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office of committing rape, surprise sexual abuse, threats, and solicitation of persons as a public employee against municipal staff from 2020 to 2024.

This is a political trial directly against the CAM, stated defense attorney María Rivera, who believes the harsh penalties sought by the Public Ministry aim to send a deterrent and exemplary message to communities to refrain from practicing their customs and to peacefully relinquish the reclaimed territories to extractive capital.

A woman who has experienced rape, fetal unviability, or life-threatening conditions due to a pregnancy is going through an intensely psychological and emotional ordeal. Therefore, forcing her to listen to a heartbeat before being allowed to terminate the pregnancy is cruel and serves only to instill guilt, maintained the PC legislator.

The court upheld a civil lawsuit filed by one of the victims, confirming responsibility for damages on the part of the former mayor. The sentence will be announced on Friday, August 7.