Jeannette Jara of the ruling leftist coalition conceded defeat, saying "democracy spoke loud and clear." Security fears and ...

Kast's commanding lead over communist rival Jeannette Jara in recent polls signals a significant shift in the nation's ...

SANTIAGO, Dec 14 - Chileans will vote in a runoff presidential election on Sunday that is expected to result in the South American country's sharpest rightward shift since the end of the military ...

Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator ...

Chile is heading into a high-stakes presidential runoff defined by sharply contrasting visions of the country’s recent past ...

For Ms. González, the former university student activist, the attitude on the street is evidence of the structural problems that remain in Chile. Her grandmother was a left-wing journalist who fled to ...

Chile’s presidential run-off is looming, and the left’s hopeful, Jeanette Jara, is distancing herself from government ...

As tensions build surrounding President Donald Trump's threats toward Venezuela, a new far-right ally may soon emerge for him ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Throughout the past year, members of Generation Z (those born in the late 1990s to early 2000s) have taken to the streets in multiple ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile is headed to a tense presidential runoff after a first-round vote Sunday set up a showdown between a member of the Communist Party and an ultraconservative veteran politician, ...

In several countries this year, members of the demographic group born between the late 1990s and early 2010s have organized protests against inequality, democratic backsliding and corruption. The ...

“They used to steal your phone—now they cut off your arm for it,” says Nur Faride, a young Chilean in Santiago, the capital. Crime and violence is the top concern for her compatriots, with a whopping ...