Watch: Chile Wildfires Leave at Least 19 People Dead, More Than 1,500 Affected
Devastating raging wildfires in southern Chile have left at least 19 dead and affected more than 1,500 local residents.

Devastating raging wildfires in southern Chile have left at least 19 dead and affected more than 1,500 local residents.

The leftists governments of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain released a joint statement over the weekend rejecting the American law enforcement operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.

One of China’s oldest and most reliable business partners in Latin America, the nation of Chile, just elected a hardline conservative who supports a military overthrow of the Venezuelan socialist regime, a core Chinese ally, as its president.

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro, still reeling from conservative President-elect José Antonio Kast’s sweeping victory in Chile, called Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro a dictator in yet another unhinged rant at Kast.

The resounding victory conservative President-elect José Antonio Kast achieved in Chile this weekend is the latest in a string of consequential elections shifting Latin America rightward – and precedes critical races in Brazil and Colombia that may devastate “21st century socialism” in the region.

Chile’s outgoing leftist government on Monday elevated a note of protest against Colombia in response to a series of unhinged insults made by far-left President Gustavo Petro against Chilean conservative President-elect José Antonio Kast.

Chilean conservative José Antonio Kast obtained a sweeping nationwide victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff election.

Chilean voters will choose their new president between conservative José Antonio Kast and communist Jeannette Jara in Sunday’s runoff.

Communist Jeannette Jara and conservative José Antonio Kast will head to a presidential runoff election in Chile on December 14.

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.

Several attendees at the COP30 climate conference in Belem, Brazil on Thursday vented their fury against President Donald Trump, who has challenged the claims of the climate movement, and did not attend the meeting or send any high-level representatives of his administration.

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.

Far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric claimed during his Tuesday speech at the U.N. General Assembly that he would like to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu face trial at international courts over his role in the “genocide” in Gaza.

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.

Far-left President of Chile Gabriel Boric refused to take a recent telephone call from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over concerns pertaining to his government’s stance on Israel, the Chilean newspaper La Tercera reported on Tuesday.

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.
