The Minister of Transport and Public Works, Louis de Grange, is at the center of controversy after boasting on social media about the truck scanning program underway at the Los Libertadores Border Crossing in the Valparaíso region, prompting reminders that the equipment used was acquired during Gabriel Boric's administration.

The far-right faction in Chile faced a decisive defeat as the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill banning dog racing, paving the way for significant advancements in the animal rights movement.

On Monday, August 17, the trial commenced against Daniel Fernando Valencia Cifuentes, former chief of staff of the Municipality of Collipulli, who faces allegations of rape and sexual abuse against a female security guard.

President Donald Trump's approval rating in the United States has significantly dropped to just 33%, with an alarming 80% of citizens fearing the nation is entangled in a drawn-out conflict with Iran that shows no signs of resolution.

The Chilean judiciary has marked a significant milestone in the pursuit of truth and justice for the human rights violations that occurred during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, by affirming the convictions of three former Army members for the crimes against Jorge Rubén Lamich Vidal, a construction worker and communist activist, and Héctor Victoriano García García, a surgeon and socialist militant.

The Ministry of Hacienda has fast-tracked the Alto Santorini real estate project, which is linked to architect Víctor Quiroz, brother of Minister Jorge Quiroz, despite ongoing concerns from Sernageomin about the potential for mass removals in the area.

Maribel Mora Curriao, a poet and educator at the University of Chile, has been featured in this volume published by Vakxikon Publications. The book is curated by Greek translator and essayist Agathi Dimitrouka, a key figure in promoting Hispanic American literature in Greece.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has raised an urgent health alert regarding the rising syphilis cases among seniors in Chile, particularly noting that instances among women aged 60 and older have doubled in just four years.

Dominican agriculture relies on a Haitian workforce that remains invisible in the national narrative: needed to sustain production, tolerated while they work, and pursued when political discourse demands a display of migration authority.

On August 17, the government of José Antonio Kast presented a sweeping constitutional reform bill in the Senate, proposing eight measures aimed at expanding presidential powers to restrict rights and freedoms, including the introduction of a new state of public security.