Chile

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.

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.
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

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

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

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


Nazi figurines sold by Chilean newspaper spark outrage

Various figurines of Nazi officers were sold in the news outlet reader's club shop.

Waffen SS officers in Denmark, 1944

Meteors spotted over Chile, New Zealand capital cities

Both bright meteors were also accompanied by loud booms heard by city residents.

An asteroid is seen falling to Earth, breaking apart in the atmosphere (illustrative).

Chile's Jewish students situation grows worse by the day - opinion

Last week Chile’s Israel hatred finally went viral, with Chile trending on Twitter in Israel during Chile’s “apartheid week.”

EMILY SCHRADER and Yoseph Haddad hold a sign outside Universidad de Chile, protesting boycotts and cancel culture.

An appeal to the UN human rights commissioner - opinion

Sadly, not enough is done regarding human rights abuses and war crimes by Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and China. Only Israel – and by association, the Jews – are treated as the Devil incarnate.

 UN HIGH COMMISSIONER for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Ukraine at the UN in Geneva earlier this month.

Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 during the Holocaust honored

Chilean diplomat Samuel del Campo issued Polish and Chilean passports to over 1,200 Polish and Romanian Jews who were confined by Romanian authorities in the Chernivtsi ghetto.

 Samuel del Campo was stationed in Romania during World War II and issued passports to Jews before they were deported to Nazi camps.

Chile’s new president is a win for Iran - comment

Last Sunday, Chileans elected Gabriel Boric, a young, former social justice student activist, as president.

Chile's outgoing president Sebastián Piñera (left) meets with President-elect Gabriel Boric at the presidential palace in Santiago last week.

Anti-Zionist Gabriel Boric's presidential win leaves Chile's Jews worried

Gabriel Boric called Israel a "murderous state" in a meeting with Chile's Jewish community during his campaign.

 Supporters of Chilean presidential candidate Gabriel Boric celebrate after their candidate won the presidential election, in Santiago, Chile, December 19, 2021.

Chilean Jews support this right-wing presidential candidate, his father was likely a Nazi

Documents obtained by the AP suggest that the late Michael Kast joined the Nazi party in 1942, when he was 18.

 Chilean presidential candidate José Antonio Kast addresses supporters in Santiago, Nov. 21, 2021, following the first round of general election results.

'Love is love:' Chile Congress passes same-sex marriage in historic vote

Same-sex marriage was legalized in Chile in a historic vote, just weeks before a divisive presidential election.

 People react at the Chamber of Deputies as the Senate vote to approve a same-sex marriage bill in Valparaiso, Chile December 7, 2021

Chile’s Jews, under anti-Zionist ‘siege,’ back far-right candidate

As in most other Latin American Jewish communities, the majority of Chilean Jews are staunch Zionists who stand behind more conservative leaders because of their perceived support of Israel. 

 Chilean presidential candidate José Antonio Kast addresses supporters in Santiago, Nov. 21, 2021, following the first round of general election results.