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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Israeli tourist dies after falling during trek in Chile

His family was informed of the tragedy.

MAY 17, 2019ByYANIR COZIN/MAARIV
Chile volcano 521

Third woman dies in Chile boating accident

Her name has not been released as of yet. Local doctors have notified her family.

FEBRUARY 27, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A 2017 photo of tourists at the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile

Two Israelis die in Chile boating accident

About a dozen people were injured when a boat overturned in the Torres del Paine national park region.

FEBRUARY 25, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A 2017 photo of tourists at the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile

Israeli traveler evacuated from Torre Del Paine trek in Chile

The traveler sent the SOS through a satellite device created by MAGNUS, an international search & rescue service provider.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByALON EINHORN
Landscape of the Torres del Paine national park in the southern Patagonia region of Chile

BDS declared illegal for all cities in Chile

It is illegal for municipalities to boycott Israel, the Chilean National Comptroller determined this week.

DECEMBER 6, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
Hernán López, Executive Director of CCHIL (Left) and Gabriel Colodro, President of CCHIL (right)

Haley: New human rights chief must address UNHRC failures, Israel bias

The commissioner does not control the UN Human Rights Council, but it is run through that office and part of Bachelet’s new job will be to report to the UNHRC.

AUGUST 10, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Chile's former President Michelle Bachelet leaves the Congress after the inauguration ceremony of Chile's newly sworn in President Sebastian Pinera in Valparaiso, Chile March 11, 2018.

Legal action taken against first BDS motion by Latin American municipality

AUGUST 9, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
A member of the Palestinian community in Chile paints a Palestinian flag on her face during a protest against Israel's military operations in Gaza

Direct TLV-South America flights to begin in December

LATAM will become the only airline to operate direct flights between Israel and South America.

APRIL 8, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER
A PLANE at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Chile’s little secret – a tale of two communities

Palestinians in Lebanon and Syria have been impoverished and massacred. On the other hand, Palestinians in Chile continue to enjoy significant success, by any standards.

DECEMBER 27, 2017ByRON JONTOF - HUTTER
CHILEANS RAISE their flag during a political campaign earlier this month.

Yad Vashem honors Chilean righteous among the nations

Chilean diplomat honored for issuing passports which prevented the deportation of over 1000 Jews during the Holocaust.

OCTOBER 22, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
From left to right: Dr. Christian Beals Campos, Relative of Samuel del Campo; Sergio Della Pergola, Member of the Committee for the Designation of Righteous Among the Nations; and Irena Steinfeldt, Director of the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem.