Trabajadores denuncian una cultura de precariedad, falta de implementos y persecución contra quienes exigen condiciones dignas.

The general approval of the bill allowing the suspension or substitution of prison sentences has strained one of the most fragile consensuses in Chilean democracy. While the state seeks to advance in truth and memory, the right-wing is pushing an initiative that could benefit those convicted of crimes committed during the dictatorship.

La aprobación en general del proyecto que permite suspender o sustituir penas de cárcel volvió a tensionar uno de los consensos más frágiles de la democracia chilena. Mientras el Estado busca avanzar en verdad y memoria, la derecha empuja una iniciativa que podría beneficiar a condenados por crímenes de la dictadura.

The right-wing is once again pushing a bill that could open the door to sentence commutation and alternative fulfillments, an initiative that could practically benefit those convicted of human rights violations. In Chile, memory is not just a thing of the past: it is a current battleground.

La derecha vuelve a empujar un proyecto que abre la puerta a conmutar penas y “cumplimientos alternativos”, una iniciativa que en la práctica podría terminar beneficiando a condenados por violaciones a los derechos humanos. En Chile, la memoria no es pasado: es una batalla del presente.

The Appeals Court of Temuco has confirmed the sentences for eight former conscripts involved in the 1973 murder of fellow conscript José Gastón Buchhorsts Fernández, a crime committed shortly after the military coup in Chile.

La justicia volvió a ponerle nombre y responsabilidad a un crimen cometido al interior del propio Ejército en los meses posteriores al golpe

The Iquique Court of Appeals has confirmed sentences of 16 and 10 years for former sailors Sergio Pérez and Christopher Garrido, condemning them for the homicide of Milton Domínguez, a 61-year-old Colombian migrant who was using crutches and in a vulnerable state after losing a leg.

La Corte de Apelaciones de Iquique ratificó las penas de 16 y 10 años aplicadas a los exmarinos Sergio Pérez y Christopher Garrido por la brutal golpiza, ocurrida en 2023 que acabó con la vida de Milton Domínguez, un migrante colombiano de 61 años, que se encontraba en condición de vulnerabilidad, tras haber perdido una […]

After a video of him smoking in the park went viral, the court granted a conditional suspension: $2 million to the Fire Department, a three-year prohibition from returning to Chile, and exit from the country. This marks the second case this summer season.