“The dictatorship carried out a systematic policy of enforced disappearance, executions, and torture that left thousands of victims. One case—or the late recognition of another—does not undermine that truth; on the contrary, it confirms it. Each new finding reminds us of the scale of these crimes against humanity and the urgency of clarifying every one of them,” stated more than 70 organizations of victims’ families, memory sites, and human rights advocates.

Manuel García has released “Julia Chuñil presente,” a track dedicated to the Mapuche environmental defender who has been missing for 11 months. The tribute doubles as a denunciation, renewing calls for an effective search, transparency, truth, and justice.

Fan says stadium security used excessive force to remove him from the stands and imposed a “right of admission” ban for allegedly “inciting violence,” without justification.

In the first round, the Unidad por Chile candidate outpaces Partido Republicano’s José Antonio Kast by a wide 15.1-point margin.

The Colombian president acted after Israeli forces detained two Colombian activists aboard one of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels on a mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Protests in Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Berlin and Brussels — and across Mexico, Argentina and Colombia — condemn the Global Sumud Flotilla raid in international waters. Organizers report 201 detainees from 37 countries and demand the activists’ release and an end to the Gaza blockade.

Chile’s Foreign Ministry noted that the flotilla was en route to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians—especially women and children—affected by the crisis triggered by indiscriminate attacks and the blockade in the occupied Palestinian territory.

In Italy, the country’s two main unions, CGIL and USB, called a general strike for Friday, October 3, while protesters occupied train stations in Milan and Naples. Demonstrations were also reported in Berlin (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Athens (Greece), Istanbul and Ankara (Turkey), Paris (France), Barcelona and Madrid (Spain), and other Italian cities including Rome and Genoa.

With a raw, vivid, and deeply human narrative, “Polvo, perros y putas,” by Karin Ioannidis and published by Editorial Cuarto Propio, weaves together the lives of characters marked by injustice and structural violence, exposing the cracks in a social and legal model that criminalizes poverty and normalizes abuse.

Unions said Cencosud is invoking Article 161 of the Labor Code—“business needs”—to justify the dismissals, even though the company reported profits of CLP 195,265 million in the first half of 2025, a 186% increase over the same period the previous year.