Gabriel Boric

Chile will hold a general election on Sunday to choose the country’s new president and members of parliament, featuring eight candidates vying to succeed outgoing leftist President Gabriel Boric next year.

President Gabriel Boric of Chile, a radical leftist who once described himself as “to the left of the Communist Party,” condemned the socialist dictatorship of Venezuela in remarks on Wednesday, linking dictator Nicolás Maduro to the assassination of a Venezuelan dissident on Chilean soil.

Far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric denied attacking President Donald Trump specifically on climate change.

The leftists presidents of Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and the Prime Minister of Spain on Wednesday hosted a meeting “in defense of democracy” in New York to address the “risks” of growing conservative movements in the world.

The government of Chile announced the arrival this weekend of a group of 67 individuals “with close ties to Chile” from the Gaza strip.

Far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric and the leftist heads of government of Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Spain vowed on Monday to “advance global cooperation and social justice” at a gathering hosted by Boric in Santiago.

Chilean communist politician and former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara overwhelmingly won in Sunday’s “progressive primary,” becoming the incumbent leftist government’s presidential candidate for the November 16 general election.

An “unwanted operation” in Chilean electric company ISA Interchile’s systems caused a nationwide blackout on Tuesday afternoon, prompting far-left President Gabriel Boric to declare a state of emergency and curfew that lasted through Wednesday morning.

The leftist governments of Latin America will begin 2025 with their once-vaunted unity strained and with many facing its own share of controversies at home.

Chilean prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they are investigating far-left President Gabriel Boric as a defendant on allegations of “unlawful dissemination of intimate images,” part of a criminal sexual harassment complaint filed by an unidentified woman against Boric in September.

Local prosecutors are investigating far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric over a criminal sexual harassment complaint.

The far-left presidents of Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico on Monday vowed to strengthen the Latin American “progressive bloc” ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

The Temple of Satan, an organization seeking to become Latin America’s first Satanic group with legal religious status, is allegedly growing popular in Chile amidst a decline in faith in traditional religions, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

The Venezuelan Transport Ministry suspended flights to and from Chile indefinitely on Wednesday, shortly after that nation’s leftist president, Gabriel Boric, condemned the Venezuelan socialist regime at the U.N. General Assembly.

The Chilean Senate passed a draft resolution on Tuesday evening calling for far-left President Gabriel Boric to ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela’s socialist Maduro regime broke ties with seven Latin American countries after their governments questioned the results of Sunday’s sham presidential election and dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “victory.”

The government of Chile presented a formal note of protest to Venezuela’s socialist regime this week in response to Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab accusing Chilean intelligence officials of involvement in the death of Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda.

The Latin American branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced far-left Chilean President Gabriel Boric in a public letter on Monday.

Leftist President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced Saturday that his country would join a controversial case led by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, accusing the nation of “genocide” for its self-defense operations against Hamas.

Chilean authorities arrested 22-year-old volunteer firefighter Francisco Mondaca and former forestry official Franco Pinto over the weekend after prosecutors charged the men with causing massive fires in February that left 137 dead and over 16,000 homeless in central Chile.

Chilean far-left President Gabriel Boric recalled his ambassador to Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday after the socialist regime there denied the existence of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization.

Chile said the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal organization, was involved in the killing of Venezuelan dissident Ronald Ojeda.

Chilean leftists engaged in acts of public disorder and small riots on Wednesday in celebration of the tragic death of moderate President Sebastián Piñera the day before in a helicopter crash.

Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday evening as he was traveling to southern Chile with three members of his family, who survived.

Chile declared a state of emergency after more than 100 fires erupted that have so far claimed the lives of 122 people.

2023 was a year of majorly influential political news in Latin America.

The world is approaching the conclusion of President Joe Biden’s third year in office in a state of elevated geopolitical chaos.

Chileans voted Sunday against replacing their nation’s constitution for a second time in as many years.

Libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated president of Argentina on Sunday, flanked by a host of heads of state – including Spanish King Felipe VI and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – and surrounded by thousands of supporters in Buenos Aires.

Radical leftist President Gabriel Boric of Chile announced a plan on Thursday to deport illegal immigrants from the country who did not register with Santiago’s biometric registration program by the end of the year, declaring his government would “be inflexible” in deportations and promising, “we will kick them out.”

Chilean far-left President Gabriel Boric starred in an online controversy on Tuesday after he mocked a social media user who pointed out the hypocrisy of Boric taking a private jet to Antarctica on a “green trip” to warn everyone about climate change.

Chile received the finalized text of a draft constitution and will vote for a second time in December on replacing its current constitution.

President Joe Biden “stressed the importance” of supporting Ukraine during a meeting Wednesday with Chilean President Gabriel Boric, who is in Washington to attend a series of economic engagements and to expand Chile’s trade ties to America.

The leftist, Iran-allied government of Bolivia cut diplomatic ties with Israel on Tuesday in response to Israel’s “disproportionate” operation against the jihadist terrorist group Hamas.

Chile’s far-left President Gabriel Boric met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, pledging to defend Beijing’s false claims on Taiwan.

Far-left President Gabriel Boric of Chile used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday afternoon to denounce the communist regime of Nicaragua’s human rights abuses — while at the same time making calls to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela.