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High hopes and a raft of challenges as Chile shifts left under Boric

Chile shifted sharply to the left on Friday when Gabriel Boric, 36, was sworn in as the South American country's youngest ever president after pledging social and economic reforms, and riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the political status quo.

France 24

Gabriel Boric: From student protest leader to Chile's youngest president

Gabriel Boric, who at 36 years old takes office on Friday as Chile's youngest president, has been building towards this moment since childhood.

Reuters

Chile's new president: 'I'll be a president for all Chileans'

Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president on Friday, vowing to listen to all sides while warning of the challenges ahead, as the Andean country marked the sharpest shift in its politics since the return to democracy three decades ago after the bloody dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

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Sealed with a kiss: Chile celebrates first same-sex weddings

Santiago (AFP) - Two same-sex couples became the first Thursday to legally tie the knot in Chile, which joined a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America to allow LGBTQ couples to marry.

AFP

Chile's first gay couple weds as same sex marriage law takes effect

Chile's Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar became the first two men to tie the knot in the South American country's history on Thursday after a law allowing same-sex marriage went into effect.

Reuters

In Chile's edgy Barrio Yungay, a progressive president readies to move in

In Barrio Yungay, an edgy central Santiago neighborhood, an artist-owned sourdough bakery rubs shoulders with the Chilean city's oldest barbershop and a mini-market with a flickering back light that sells vegetables, dairy products and snacks.

Reuters

Latin America's trans politicians gain ground in a dangerous region

When Erika Hilton decided to run for political office in South America's biggest city in 2020, she had no idea she would receive more votes than any other female candidate to win a city council seat in Brazil that year.

Reuters

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Acclaimed foreign correspondent Hugh O’Shaughnessy dies aged 87

Former Observer journalist was perhaps best known for his courageous coverage of Pinochet’s brutal coup in Chile in 1973

The Guardian - UK

Mummification In Europe May Be The Oldest In The World

While the Chinchorro mummies of Chile date back to 7000 B.C., a new study shows Portugal has much older preserved bodies.

Zenger

Weatherwatch: the many climate zones of Chile

Country’s weather varies from strongly oceanic climate in south to extreme desert dryness in north

The Guardian - UK

Chile’s overwhelmed constitution writers are facing a backlash

The lights at Chile’s former congress building in downtown Santiago almost never go off these days as delegates to the Constitutional Convention, thick dossiers under their arms, shuttle wearily between debates that can last 12 hours. During brief breaks, they confer about complex resolutions. Votes come fast and furious.

Tribune News Service

UFC hopeful Jennifer Gonzalez details at-home USADA conflict that prompted release before debut

Jennifer Gonzalez opens up about what happened when USADA showed up to her home in Chile "with an aggressive and bossy attitude."

USA Today Sports Media Group

Some Latin American nations call for Russian withdrawal from Ukraine

Colombia, Argentina and Chile on Thursday called for swift withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, as other Latin American countries rejected the use of force but stopped short of calling for a Russian exit.

Reuters

Drought, pesticides take a toll on Chile's crucial honeybees

A drought has gripped Chile for 13 years and the flowers that feed honeybees in central Chile have grown increasingly scarce

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AFP

Melting glaciers, fast-disappering gauge of climate change

Aysen (Chile) (AFP) - A crack widens in the San Rafael glacier in Chile's extreme south, and a ten-storey iceberg crashes into the lake by the same name -- a dramatic reminder of the impacts of global warming.

AFP

Chilean film 'Bestia' depicts torture with animation

Santiago (AFP) - Nominated for this year's Oscars, Chilean short film "Bestia" (Beast) uses animation, an art form more often associated with children's movies, to deal with a macabre topic: the sexual torture of women.

AFP

Chile museum to return Easter Island 'head'

Santiago (AFP) - Chile's National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.

Los Angeles Times

Joaquin Niemann impresses in wire-to-wire triumph at Genesis Invitational

A Genesis Invitational tournament that began with a first-shot salute to Charlie Sifford ended with a 23-year-old rising star from Chile matching a rare feat last accomplished by the trailblazing Sifford more than five decades ago.

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The Independent UK

Joaquin Niemann survives early stumble and late scare for wire-to-wire victory

The Chilean took the Genesis Invitational by two shots from Collin Morikawa and Cameron Young.

AFP

Chile's Niemann grabs early two-stroke PGA lead at Riviera

Los Angeles (AFP) - Joaquin Niemann had another highlight-reel day at Riviera Country Club on Friday to maintain his lead early in the second round of the US PGA Tour Genesis Invitational.

Bangkok Post

Rescued condors spread their wings in Chilean Andes

PARQUE NACIONAL PATAGONIA, Chile: Pumalin and Liquine, two juvenile condors rescued from certain death, have been released back into the wild in a much-needed boost for a dwindling species emblematic of the Chilean Andes.

AFP

Rescued condors spread wings in Chilean Andes

Parque Nacional Patagonia (Chile) (AFP) - Pumalin and Liquine, two juvenile condors rescued from certain death, have been released back into the wild in a much-needed boost for a dwindling species emblematic of the Chilean Andes.

Reuters

A Chilean indigenous language vanishes as last native speaker dies

An indigenous language from South America's extreme south has all but vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture.

AFP

Chile's last Yaghan speaker dies aged 93

Santiago (AFP) - Cristina Calderon, the last native speaker of Chile's indigenous Yaghan language, has died at the age of 93, her family said Wednesday, in a blow for a dwindling culture at South America's extreme southern tip.

Reuters

Chile starts debate of new Constitution amid jitters over mining, Congress plans

Chile's constituent assembly began formally debating on Tuesday motions for a new Constitution to replace a market-focused one dating back to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, a text that could reshape the world's top copper-producing nation.

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