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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Coronavirus reaches all 7 continents as 36 cases reported in Antarctica

All 36 patients have been evacuated to the city of Punta Arenas in Southern Chile.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chilean Army base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme in Antarctica

Chilean protest against a new constitution was filled with antisemitism

Israel’s Ambassador to Chile and other Jewish organizations have condemned the march.

OCTOBER 15, 2020ByMARCUS M. GILBAN / JTA
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Chile's government, in Santiago, Chile October 9, 2020.

Outrage over armed neo-Nazi protest in Santiago, Chile

"Chile did not end its military dictatorship to accept these challenges to its democracy."

OCTOBER 14, 2020ByAARON REICH
Neo-nazi protesters are seen using the Nazi salute in Santiago, Chile.

Chile protest marred as teenager falls from bridge amid police clashes

Chile's government said in a statement that it ordered an investigation into the matter and that the officer involved will be removed from his duties while that probe was being carried out.

OCTOBER 3, 2020ByREUTERS
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB First aids are given to a demonstrator who fell from a bridge during a protest against Chile's government, in Santiago, Chile October 2, 2020

Jewish philanthropist polls in second place for Chilean presidency

Farkas – who isn't even running for the job – famously gave $10,000 to the families of each of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for over two months in 2010.

JULY 23, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
Actor Keanu Reeves (R) and Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas (L) sit in a restaurant at Zapallar town, some 181 km (121 miles) of Santiago, August 16, 2009. Reeves is in Chile to meet with Farkas to discuss possible investment in Reeves' movie project, local media reported.

Settlement boycott efforts gathering pace in Chile

The Chilean Senate approved a resolution calling on Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Echenique to adopt a law boycotting settlement goods.

JULY 12, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
A supporter wears a T-shirt reading 'Boycott Israel'

Arrival stories: Rabbi David Arias Weil, 31, Chile to Jerusalem

In Chile, he left behind his parents, four siblings, a beloved grandmother, other close relatives and many friends.

MARCH 12, 2020BySUSAN DE LA FUENTE
(LEFT TO right) Rabba Diana Villa, Rabbi David Arias, Rabbi Yosef Kleiner and Rabbi Ehud Bandel at Arias’ rabbinic graduation/ordination ceremony.

Israel falls close to redline in corruption index

The country has fallen from being ranked No. 28 among the world’s countries in 2016 to No. 32 in 2017 and No. 35 in 2019.

JANUARY 23, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An empty Knesset Plenum

Turkish MPs sing Chilean anti-rape song to protest violence against women

Some women's groups attribute the rise to Turkey's failure to implement the legislation.

DECEMBER 15, 2019ByREUTERS
Abuse illustrative

Chilean Air Force finds debris believed to be from missing plane

The debris was found 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) south of where the plane last made contact, the Air Force said in a statement.

DECEMBER 12, 2019ByREUTERS
Debris believed by the Chilean Air Force to be from a Hercules C-130 military cargo plane that crashed this week and went missing, is seen in the Drake Passage or Sea of Hoces, Mid-Sea in this undated handout received on December 11, 2019