Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his attendance at the inauguration of President-elect José Antonio Kast, igniting criticism from Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The police officer was seriously injured during an operation carried out in the early morning in Puerto Varas. The bullet impact to his head has left him in a state of brain death.

In a historic move for global marine conservation, Chile has made a significant leap in protecting its oceans. On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers for Sustainability and Climate Change approved the establishment of the Mar de Juan Fernández II and Nazca Desventuradas II National Marine Parks, both located in the Valparaíso Region.

The UN Human Rights Office for South America sent a letter to the Chilean Senate, sharply criticizing a controversial bill that allows older and terminally ill inmates to serve their sentences at home, effectively providing a pathway for individuals linked to the military dictatorship.

Public spending cuts, tax reductions, labor changes, and deregulation to accelerate investments are part of the package with which Kast will aim to establish his government's stamp from day one.

Tensions rose after the Student Center issued a statement concerning Kast's visit, warning of potential sanctions from the administration "for any type of manifestation or disruption of the normal school day," which sparked a variety of reactions, mostly questioning the administration's threats toward the student movement and its right to peaceful protest.

The trip aimed to enhance bilateral trade and discuss partnership relations across various topics, particularly in tourism and investments. The leaders also inaugurated the Brazil–South Africa Business Forum.

Pierre Lascoumes' sociology of criminal elites offers a powerful lens to reinterpret the Chilean judicial crisis. What seems, at first glance, a contradiction (formally solid institutions with serious corruption cases) is the expected manifestation of a system where an elite has operated with opacity, uncontrolled margins of action, and a self-regulation co-opted for corporate ends.

Defending the de-privatization of natural common goods and their community management; food and energy sovereignty; the rights of Nature and animals; as well as ecological economies, are collective tasks.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez issued a strong response to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who claimed that his government had "sufficient evidence" of alleged "Cuban interference" in internal affairs, justifying the recent expulsion of Cuba's diplomatic delegation.