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.

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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

A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.

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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

The enclave, originally called Colonia Dignidad and renamed Villa Baviera, was founded in 1961 by Paul Schaefer, an evangelical preacher who was later jailed for sexually abusing children.

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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

The move has been in development for much of the past year and involves a complex series of legislative steps that will benefit Antofagasta's Twin Metals copper, cobalt, and nickel project.

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Celebrating the movies & magic of Alejandro Jodorowsky

Four movies are now available via VOD on the Tel Aviv Cinematheque website until the end of February: El Topo (1970), The Holy Mountain (1973), Santa Sangre (1989) and Psychomagic (2019).

FEBRUARY 4, 2021ByHAGAY HACOHEN
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY’s ‘El Topo.’

Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after quake

The ministry sent a message to cellphones around the country urging people to abandon coastal areas, though the ministry later said it was sent in error.

JANUARY 24, 2021ByREUTERS
A man checks his cell phone after receiving a message from the national emergency office, ONEMI, urging people to abandon coastal areas after a quake at the Chilean Antarctic territory, in Vina del Mar, Chile, January 23, 2021.

Coronavirus reaches all 7 continents as 36 cases reported in Antarctica

All 36 patients have been evacuated to the city of Punta Arenas in Southern Chile.

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chilean Army base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme in Antarctica

Chilean protest against a new constitution was filled with antisemitism

Israel’s Ambassador to Chile and other Jewish organizations have condemned the march.

OCTOBER 15, 2020ByMARCUS M. GILBAN / JTA
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Chile's government, in Santiago, Chile October 9, 2020.

Outrage over armed neo-Nazi protest in Santiago, Chile

"Chile did not end its military dictatorship to accept these challenges to its democracy."

OCTOBER 14, 2020ByAARON REICH
Neo-nazi protesters are seen using the Nazi salute in Santiago, Chile.

Chile protest marred as teenager falls from bridge amid police clashes

Chile's government said in a statement that it ordered an investigation into the matter and that the officer involved will be removed from his duties while that probe was being carried out.

OCTOBER 3, 2020ByREUTERS
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB First aids are given to a demonstrator who fell from a bridge during a protest against Chile's government, in Santiago, Chile October 2, 2020

Jewish philanthropist polls in second place for Chilean presidency

Farkas – who isn't even running for the job – famously gave $10,000 to the families of each of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for over two months in 2010.

JULY 23, 2020ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.

Settlement boycott efforts gathering pace in Chile

The Chilean Senate approved a resolution calling on Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Echenique to adopt a law boycotting settlement goods.

JULY 12, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
A supporter wears a T-shirt reading 'Boycott Israel'

Arrival stories: Rabbi David Arias Weil, 31, Chile to Jerusalem

In Chile, he left behind his parents, four siblings, a beloved grandmother, other close relatives and many friends.

MARCH 12, 2020BySUSAN DE LA FUENTE
(LEFT TO right) Rabba Diana Villa, Rabbi David Arias, Rabbi Yosef Kleiner and Rabbi Ehud Bandel at Arias’ rabbinic graduation/ordination ceremony.

Israel falls close to redline in corruption index

The country has fallen from being ranked No. 28 among the world’s countries in 2016 to No. 32 in 2017 and No. 35 in 2019.

JANUARY 23, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An empty Knesset Plenum