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Chile: lessons of an election

The prominent presence of independent candidates in Chile highlights a broader trend across the region: voters' growing preference for figures with no ties to traditional parties.

Independent women: the new bet of the electorate in Chile?

Party independence has emerged as a trait that fosters trust in a political system perceived by many citizens as opaque and distant from their true interests.

Chinese fishing threatens Peru’s maritime sovereignty

The Peruvian navy has officially placed itself at the feet of China's commercial interests.

Liturgy, martyrdom, and redemption in Chile’s September 11th

As in religious ceremonies, shared suffering unites the faithful, who gather each year to remember the fallen ones and keep their memory alive.

Chronicle of the revolution that failed: Chile almost 5 years after the social outburst

The feeling that the only possibility to change the country was lost continues to accumulate frustrations on a pile of disenchantment that was already too large.

Piñera’s complex legacy and the impulse to the far right in Chile

Two months after the death of former President Piñera, his legacy is a subject of debate. For some, he was a builder of bridges and regional institutions, while others see him as the precursor of the radical populist right in the southern country.