Chile

Chile to return ambassador to Israel, Kast tells Herzog

President Isaac Herzog also discussed with Chilean President José Antonio Kast strengthening cooperation between the two countries in health, artificial intelligence, and technology.

Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast attends a press conference at the Chilean embassy, after meeting his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 6, 2026.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, August 25, 2022.

US envoy Waltz raises doubts over electing Chile's Bachelet as next UN leader

The name of Villa Baviera, formerly Colonia Dignidad, is engraved on a stone at the settlement created by German immigrants that served as a secret prison during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990), on the outskirts of Parral, Chile, July 20, 2025.

Germany plans talks with Chile over site tied to cult led by abusive German preacher

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, October 6, 2025.

Trump administration to overturn Biden's Minnesota mining ban


Chilean mayor under fire for saying being Jewish is a ‘supremacist conception’

The Chilean mayor has been accused of making antisemitic remarks in the past.

 Recoleta, outside of the capital of Santiago, Argentina

A Chilean-Jewish artist strives to capture the entire Torah in massive murals

The majority of Chile’s Jews belong to the Masorti movement, but Avayu didn’t always know that much about Judaism, let alone the Torah.

 Avayu calls each of his works a self portrait of himself.

Jewish Chilean multi-millionaire offers elderly homeless woman life-changing money

Farkas is known for his philanthropic efforts, having handed out $100 dollar bills to people at the kotel only months ago.

Actor Keanu Reeves (R) and Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas (L) sit in a restaurant at Zapallar town, some 181 km (121 miles) of Santiago, August 16, 2009. Reeves is in Chile to meet with Farkas to discuss possible investment in Reeves' movie project, local media reported.

Jeremy Corbyn marks 'US-backed coup' in Chile, stays mum on September 11

Corbyn both shared and appeared in the video claiming the United States trained dogs to sexually attack women.

 Former UK Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn

Stolen child reunites with birth mother after 42 years apart

Jimmy Lippert Thyden from Virginia reunited with his Chilean birth mother last week after an entire life of separation.

 Neonatal incubator (illustrative).

The best hunter? Cat brought to catch a mouse - then this happened

Not every cat is a hunter, a guy in Chile learned the hard way. He was just trying to get rid of a mouse in his kitchen and ended up in an imaginary situation while the cat screamed in terror.


Jewish Chilean millionaire hands out money at Jerusalem's Western Wall

A video shows Chilean Jewish millionaire Leonardo Farkas handing out what looks like $100 bills to the crowd at the Western Wall square in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Actor Keanu Reeves (R) and Chilean businessman Leonardo Farkas (L) sit in a restaurant at Zapallar town, some 181 km (121 miles) of Santiago, August 16, 2009. Reeves is in Chile to meet with Farkas to discuss possible investment in Reeves' movie project, local media reported.

New species of duck-billed dinosaur discovered in Chile - study

The dinosaur, now dubbed Gonkoken nanoi, inhabited the earth 72 million years ago in the Chilean Patagonia.

 A paleontologist checks fossilized bones of the 'Gonkoken nanoi', a newly identified duck-billed dinosaur, that inhabited the Chilean Patagonian area, at El valle del rio de las Chinas, near Torres del Paine, Magallanes and Antarctic region, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters

New asteroid the size of 27 pandas could hit the Earth in 2046 - ESA, NASA

Newly discovered asteroid 2023 DW has a notable nonzero chance of hitting the Earth in 2046, but will it? And will it be bad? Asteroid experts discuss the findings.

An asteroid is seen approaching Earth (illustrative).

New remains of multiple extinct species excavated on Chilean coast

The discovery included the remains of multiple species of giant sloths.

 The Green Planet – Dubai's baby sloth clutches its mother's body.