Chile appoints first ambassador to Venezuela since 2018
Chile’s president designated a former senator as the new ambassador to Venezuela on May 25. The move signals a renewed relationship between the two countries....
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Tren de Aragua’s “most important international installation”: Chile
Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has dominated Chilean news in May. Notorious for human trafficking and sexual exploitation, the gang is branching out all over...
Venezuelan migrants wanting to exit blocked at Chile’s northern border
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been stuck at Chile’s northern border since April 22. Many of them say they want to return to Venezuela, but...
Tren de Aragua continues to expand its tentacles into Chile
A transnational criminal organization out of Venezuela, Tren de Aragua, continues to reach across South America and into Chile. Areas in Chile where the gang...
New report deplores Chile’s poor handling of migrants
SANTIAGO – A new report by Movimiento Acción Migrante and Observatorio Ciudadano documents the difficulties that COVID-19 laws and protocols present for immigrants to Chile....
An Argentine sociologist’s shameless defense of the authoritarian left
While Chile’s president-elect and the incoming foreign minister have been consistent critics of human rights violations in Latin America, a prominent Argentine sociologist accuses them...
NGOs and authorities blame government after Iquique migrant camp attack
Burned tents, clothes and mattresses. The few things a group of Venezuelan migrants had were taken by participants of an anti-immigration march and thrown into...
Human rights organizations decry latest deportations
This past Sunday, June 6, 2021, 56 immigrants were deported from Chile. This is one of many collective expulsions the government has carried out. Human...
The Crisis In Colchane Is But A Symptom
COLCHANE – A little town in the Tarapacá region, near the Chile-Bolivia border is the epicenter of a humanitarian crisis, following the arrival of over...
Peru and Venezuela: The Next Stops On Chile’s Way To Qatar 2022
SANTIAGO – “La Roja” returns to face the third and fourth qualifying rounds on the way to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Chile’s...