The supposed extinction of the Chono people is challenged by genetic and cultural evidence. DNA studies, including Moraga (2013), identify descendants in Chiloé—most notably on Laitec Island. Their legacy survives in local traditions, toponymy, and boatbuilding. Yet the state withholds recognition, creating a paradox in the face of a living heritage.

The breakthrough could transform any field that relies on ultra‑powerful magnets, including aerospace electromagnetic propulsion, power transmission, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear fusion, and superconducting magnetic levitation, or maglev

The government authorized, by emergency decree (DNU), joint military exercises with the United States in Tierra del Fuego. Operation Trident will run across three naval bases. Critics say the decree sidesteps Congress and violates the Constitution. The move fuels geopolitical controversy and is linked to financial talks with Washington. Chile will also host U.S. troops.

From Barcelona to Brasília: global outrage is pressuring governments after the interception of aid to Gaza

Former UN rapporteur explains how criminalizing land occupations and informal encampments masks the state’s failure to guarantee the right to housing.

Chile’s energy transition is moving forward amid climate and social crises that directly affect communities and ecosystems. A new report outlines social, environmental, cultural, and economic safeguards to ensure the process does not deepen extractivism.

The Governor of the Valparaíso Region addressed the unresolved challenges around decentralization in Chile and the proposal delivered to presidential candidate Jeannette Jara.

Administrative staff at Casinos de Chile, who support all of the group’s casinos, launched a strike today after the company refused to improve wages and benefits, amid concerns over the new owners’ management and lack of industry experience.

Amid heightened global volatility, geopolitical tensions, and an accelerating energy transition, precious and industrial metals are setting the pace for the world economy

The disappearance of Julia Chuñil, a Mapuche leader and environmental defender, lays bare state racism. Despite a recorded call in which the suspect says “they burned her,” prosecutors have sidelined the evidence, opened a leak investigation, and targeted her family. The case stands in stark contrast to the swift, high-priority handling of others of similar gravity, such as the killing of Ronald Ojeda—revealing a two-tier justice system in Chile.