Chile has withdrawn as host of the APEC trade summit in November and the COP25 climate summit in December after several weeks of violent unrest, President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday. The APEC summit was scheduled to bring together 20 world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, over Nov. 16-17. […]

The ongoing protests in Chile took a form on Friday afternoon when more than one million Chileans took people stormed the Chile capital city, Santiago’s streets. This was a remarkable day in the protests as the capital was brought to a standstill after a week of widespread and at times violent unrest over inequality. The […]

The mayor of Chile capital city, Santiago has announced that no lesser than 11 people have died as a result of the violent protests in the country. The mayor, Karla Rubilar said about eight of them died on Sunday, making the day the most deadly in the week of demonstrations. Most of these deaths were […]

At least three people died in supermarket arson attacks in Chile’s capital Santiago, and soldiers shot two people during an operation to detain looters, authorities said, as protests entered their second week and intensified after a state of emergency was announced.   There was transport deadlock in the city and chaos at the international airport, […]

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops following a child sex abuse scandal that has gripped the Latin American nation.