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.

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

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


After Chilean politicians label menorah ‘symbol of death,’ hanukkiah vandalized, lighting canceled

Israeli ambassador to Chile, Gil Artzyeli, posted on social media on December 17 that Moreira’s statements were “clear antisemitism,” and he was convinced that they did not represent the Chileans.

Menorah during Hanukkah in new community in the Negev honoring fallen IDF Officer Col. Yonatan Steinberg

Chile to install world's largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert

The Rubin Observatory is a complex, integrated system consisting of an eight-meter wide-field ground-based telescope, the camera, and an automated data processing system.

  Vera C. Rubin Observatory

A call to collective action: Confronting antisemitism in Chile - opinion

It is imperative that we, as a society, stand in solidarity with the Jewish community and unequivocally condemn antisemitism in all its forms.

 A PRO-ISRAEL rally takes place in Santiago, the capital of Chile, in November.

Chile’s Club Palestino advances in international tournament, fans accuse Israel of genocide

The Palestino club was founded in Santiago in 1920 by Palestinian immigrants to Chile, which is home to the largest population of Palestinians outside the Middle East.

Palestino fans in the stands before the match. Palestino club was founded by Chile's Palestinian community. The club has been very active in support of the community amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Over 100 new marine species discovered in underwater expedition in Chile

The southeast Pacific is a geological hotbed and is littered with hydrothermal vents that sustain a wide variety of living creatures.

 Underwater coral reef

Forest fires kill 131 in Chile's worst disaster since 2010 earthquake

Although wildfires are not uncommon during the Southern Hemisphere's summer, the lethality of these blazes stands out.

 Fire and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the Lago Penuelas National Reserve, in Valparaiso region, Chile February 2, 2024.

Forest fires kill 51 in Chile, menace urban areas

President Gabriel Boric told the nation in a televised address, "The situation is really very difficult."

 Fire and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the Lago Penuelas National Reserve, in Valparaiso region, Chile February 2, 2024.

Mexico, Chile refer Israel-Hamas war to ICC over possible crimes

Mexico said it was closely following the ICC case presented last week in which South Africa accused Israel of carrying out genocide in Gaza.

 The entrance of the Internatinal Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’

The Chilean mayor has been accused of making antisemitic remarks in the past.

 Recoleta, outside of the capital of Santiago, Argentina

A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals

The majority of Chile’s Jews belong to the Masorti movement, but Avayu didn’t always know that much about Judaism, let alone the Torah.

 Avayu calls each of his works a self portrait of himself.