Chile’s lower house of congress has suspended plans to boost a $1,626 gasoline subsidy for each of its members.

Chile’s lower house of congress is suspending plans to boost a $1,626 gasoline subsidy for each of its members.

Chile’s central bank is raising its benchmark interest rate 50 basis points to its highest level in nearly 10 years to fight rising inflation.

Former Chilean President Patricio Aylwin has been hospitalized after choking while having lunch at home.

Alberto Achacaz Walakial, one of the last surviving members of the nomadic Kaweskar tribe that once plied the waters off Chile’s Patagonian coast, has died of...

A stripper who danced on the poles of Santiago subway trains to challenge the prudishness of Chilean society was arrested on Thursday during one of her lightning...

A red stream of lava flowed down the flanks of the Llaima volcano in southern Chile on Tuesday and officials said they evacuated about a dozen people.Emergency Bureau...

A judge says he has imposed two sentences of life in prison on the security chief for former dictator Augusto Pinochet.Judge Alejandro Solis said Monday he sentenced...

The International Whaling Commission ended its annual conference on Friday, leaving all the tough work on expanding or restricting whale hunting still ahead of it.The...

The six-week eruption of a volcano in southern Chile has regained strength with bursts of thick gas, seismic rumblings and the emergence of two new craters.Gov. Sergio...

Authorities say they have found the wreck of a single-engine plane missing for four days in southern Chile _ and there are several survivors among the 10 people...

Officials say an airplane carrying 10 people is missing after taking off from an airport in southern Chile.Air Force Gen. Hugo Pena says the Cessna 208 Caravan took off...

First they saved the people. Then they rescued the dogs and cats. Finally they went in for the fish _ 6,000 tons of them _ threatened by a volcanic eruption in southern...

Former Miss Universe Cecilia Bolocco says her divorce from former Argentine President Carlos Menem is complete.”Everything is finished and in order,”...

A retired army colonel has been charged in the killing of renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara following the 1973 coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet.Judge Juan...

Chile’s government will give victims of an erupting volcano cash, tax relief and financial help rebuilding their farms and businesses in a bid to get them to...

A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.Prosecutor Jose...

Police and soldiers were clearing the last remaining people from the shadow of a Chilean volcano on Thursday after a strong explosion spewed glowing-hot rocks.The...

The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of...

The Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash 12 miles into the sky on Tuesday, prompting officials to order a total evacuation of nearby area.More than 4,000 people...