The Latest Breaking News from Gabriel Boric

Summer is in full swing in Chile and a brutal heatwave has seen temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) since last week.

Coming in the middle of a fierce heatwave, Chile's forest fires engulfed communities with a destructive speed that has stunned the nation.

Responders continued to battle fires in the coastal tourist region of Valparaiso amid an intense summer heat wave, with temperatures soaring to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) over the weekend.

The death toll from central Chile's blazing wildfires jumped to at least 99 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number would rise "significantly" as teams search gutted neighborhoods.

The country is facing a 'tragedy of very great magnitude', the president said

Massive forest fires continue to ravage central Chile, with at least 64 casualties and thousands displaced. Authorities suspect intentional causes and are ...

Chilean President Gabriel Boric urged residents to cooperate with rescue workers and said the government is actively working to make resources available.

The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames on Sunday.

Chileans recently voted to reject a proposed new constitution which critics said was even more authoritarian and conservative than the 1980 dictatorship-era constitution it sought to replace.

After a second failed constitutional referendum, Chilean President Gabriel Boric's flagship lithium strategy—or lack thereof—is on the clock.

The vote came more than a year after Chileans rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention. The new document was more conservative than the one it had sought to replace.