Chile

Germany plans talks with Chile over site tied to cult led by abusive German preacher

The enclave, originally called Colonia Dignidad and renamed Villa Baviera, was founded in 1961 by Paul Schaefer, an evangelical preacher who was later jailed for sexually abusing children.

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The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, October 6, 2025.

Trump administration to overturn Biden's Minnesota mining ban

The move has been in development for much of the past year and involves a complex series of legislative steps that will benefit Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper, cobalt, and nickel project.

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A DELEGATION from Chile stands with Israeli hosts at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao (the representative with a headband behind the Israeli flag) is the president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao.

Indigenous solidarity: Mapuche leader visits Israel, finds common ground with Jewish people

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A delegation from Chile, including the current president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao, Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao, recently visited Israel for the first time.

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Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party of Chile, and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola Barroilhet, arrive at a polling station to vote during a presidential runoff election, in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025.

Pro-Israel candidate Kast, son of Nazi official, wins Chilean presidential elections

Son of a Nazi official, Kast will replace a Chilean administration led by Gabriel Boric, a vocal critic of Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Chile rescuers search for tourists lost in Patagonian snowstorm, five dead

Torres del Paine Mayor Anahi Cardenas said five people had died, including two Mexicans, two Germans, and one British national.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025ByREUTERS
View of a Chilean flag waving near the Grey glacier at the Torres del Paine National Park in Magallanes, Chile on November 29, 2017.

Chilean right wing eyes return to power as crime, migration dominate election

Chilean voters head to the polls in a tight race that could hand the right a path back to power as crime and migration fuel become key issues.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByREUTERS
A man sits at a polling station, on the day of the presidential election, in Santiago, Chile November 16, 2025.

'38 Londres Street': The dictator and the Nazi who found refuge in Chile - review

Menachem Begin reactivated the search for Nazi war criminals in 1977. 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025ByCOLIN SCHINDLER
THEN-US SECRETARY of state Henry Kissinger with Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, 1976.

'You’re part of genocide': Chilean synagogue targeted by anti-Israel vandals

The Jewish Community of Chile's representative body condemned the attack in a Sunday X/Twitter post, warning that acts of hatred could not be normalized.

AUGUST 25, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Palestine Action vandalized JNF offices, Hendon

Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 hits Drake Passage off South America

The earthquake struck more than 700 km (435 miles) southeast of Argentina's city of Ushuaia, with a population of about 57,000, the USGS said.

AUGUST 22, 2025ByREUTERS
Waves break on the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise at the Drake Passage as it navigates towards the Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica, February 10, 2018

‘No Discriminarás’ Traveling Art Exhibit Opens at Jewish Museum of Chile

The collection presents a series of illustrated vignettes highlighting various forms of modern antisemitism

AUGUST 10, 2025ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
CAM Director of Hispanic Affairs Shay Salamon speaking at the inauguration of the 'No Discriminarás' traveling art exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Chile, in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 7, 2025.

Tsunami alert triggers evacuations in Antarctica and Chile's far south

This comes after a 7.4 earthquake struck between Cape Horn and Antarctica.

MAY 2, 2025ByREUTERS
People evacuate the coastline in Chile, following a tsunami preventive advisory generated by local authorities, after an earthquake sparked a tsunami threat on the Pacific coast, in Puerto Williams, Chile May 2, 2025.

FBI, Chilean police take down international gang of thieves

Many of the detainees had no criminal records in Chile but were career criminals abroad who laundered assets.

APRIL 30, 2025ByREUTERS
Johnny Fica, head of the police's money and asset laundering division, speaks during a press conference in Santiago, Chile, April 30, 2025.

Chile's Atacama desert turns to fog harvesting – A lifeline for some of the world’s driest cities

Scientists estimate fog nets could collect up to 10 liters of water per square meter daily during peak months.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chile's Atacama desert turns to fog harvesting – A lifeline for some of the world’s driest cities. Illustration.

Reached South America: The Israeli solution for digital agriculture

The ag-tech company Phytech has established branches in Peru and Chile to provide digital agriculture solutions across Central and South America.

JANUARY 29, 2025ByWALLA! TECH
Digital agriculture