Fast Check CL verified that RN member Marjorie Vásquez, wife of deputy Eduardo Durán, was paid 1,218,318 pesos, 1,265,881 pesos, and 1,226,615 pesos in June, July, and August, respectively, in overtime by the Municipality of Santiago, where she serves as head of Social Services.

The Mapuche Women’s Network alleges institutional violence in the Julia Chuñil case and demands an impartial investigation, swift action, a change of prosecutor’s office, and reparations. “The state is complicit, and the government’s silence is unacceptable,” they say.

Juan Carlos Morstadt Anwandter, the businessman accused in the disappearance of Mapuche leader Julia Chuñil—who allegedly said in an authorized wiretap that she “was burned”—insists he is innocent.

The Colombian president voiced solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), whose boats were intercepted by Israel en route to Gaza with humanitarian aid, and warned that the U.S. and Europe will “lose all sense of freedom and democracy” if people are detained simply for delivering food to a starving population.

The latest September Studio Público poll shows the Unidad por Chile candidate remains ahead in the presidential race with 37.5% support, opening a 13.6-point lead over Republican José Antonio Kast, who stands at 23.9% voting intention.

As Israel completes the interception of the “Marinette”—the last active vessel of the Global Sumud Flotilla—the Freedom Flotilla–Thousand Madleens continues sailing with nine boats near Crete.

The Chamber’s Interior Government Committee has sent to the floor a bill amending Law 18.695, the Organic Constitutional Law of Municipalities, granting local governments new tools to address street vending—including authority to seize goods sold illegally on public streets, and measures to formalize and relocate vendors.

Beatings with rifle butts, suspension by the limbs, forcing detainees to lie naked on the floor while guards walked over them, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure to the sun and to nighttime cold without clothing, climbing up and down hills using toe-and-elbow exercises, throwing prisoners inside drums down slopes, electric shocks, dunking heads in water (the “submarine”), blows to the ears (the “telephone”), mock executions, rape, sexual abuse, and meager food rations were among the tortures inflicted.

On Friday, October 3, and Saturday, October 4, human rights organizations that manage Memory Sites across the country will gather for the Fourth National Meeting of Memory Sites, «The Arts of Memory for the Right to Live in Peace

Funded by the National Fund for the Promotion and Development of the Performing Arts, the work premiered on October 2 at the Talagante Cultural Corporation. It will now be presented on Saturday, October 18 at Teatro Cultural San Joaquín (7:00 p.m.) and will conclude on Saturday, October 25 at the Centro Cultural Teatro Serrano in Melipilla (5:00 p.m.). All performances are free admission.