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Joan Jara, British dancer and Victor Jara’s widow, dies aged 96

The human rights activist died two weeks before her husband’s killer is due for extradition from US to Chile

The Guardian - US

From sport to music, Chile’s Palestinian diaspora rallies to support Gaza

Chile is home to the largest Palestinian population outside of the Middle East, making the community a political force.

Al Jazeera

Abraham Ancer Edges Out Fellow LIV Golfer For Pan American Games Gold

Abraham Ancer proved too strong at the Pan American Games in Santiago

Golf Monthly

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How Ben Lindau overcame a stroke and built a soccer career

A Chicago native, Lindau will be part of the U.S. Men’s Cerebral Palsy National Team that will play at the Parapan American Games next month in Santiago, Chile.

Chicago Sun-Times

American Boxer Jajaira Gonzalez Secures Spot In Paris Olympics After Pan American Games Win

Gonzalez's victory in Santiago earns her a direct ticket to represent the US in the 2024 Olympics

Zenger

AP PHOTOS: Pan American Games bring together Olympic hopefuls from 41 nations

Athletes from 41 nations are competing at The Pan American Games in the capital of Chile, Santiago, and many are looking to qualify for the Olympics. The Games are the largest multi-sport event in the Americas and are held every four years, preceding the Olympics by a year.

The Independent UK

Pan American Games start in disarray with cleaners still working around the National Stadium

Workers and volunteers at the Pan American Games were still removing bricks, pieces of wood and construction machinery from outside competition venues on the fourth of the largest multi-sport event in the region

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Dark past of the National Stadium in Chile reemerges with opening ceremony at the Pan American Games

The National Stadium in Santiago will host the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games on Friday

The Independent UK

Aussie Sakakibara edges closer to BMX world title

Saya Sakakibara has won the BMX Racing World Cup event in Santiago to move one step closer to winning the world title.

AAP

‘It became an obsession’: the long search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims

As Chile marks 50 years since the coup, women who have scoured the desert for remains of their husbands fear the brutality of the death squads will be forgotten

The Guardian - UK

The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home

When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.

WEKU

Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the search for truth continues

As 1973 coup still reverberates, a man is pushing for full history of US role in Augusto Pinochet’s rise and fall.

Al Jazeera

The big picture: an image that defined Chile’s brutal 1973 coup

Koen Wessing, a young Dutch photographer, flew to Santiago 50 years ago and showed the world what General Pinochet’s rule would mean for the country

The Guardian - UK

John Brierley obituary

Other lives: Author of guidebooks to the pilgrim routes of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

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My Imaginary Country review – thrilling scenes from Chile’s subway revolution

Patricio Guzmán’s staggering documentary examines popular protest that swept through Chile in 2019, when hundreds of thousands of people – chiefly young women – took to the streets of Santiago

Newsroom.co.nz

Wayne to Busan: lessons for Auckland from Korea’s second city

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is rubbing shoulders this weekend with mayors from cities like New Orleans, Santiago and Mombasa at the World Climate Industry Expo in Busan

Reuters

Analysis-Chile’s constitution will struggle to escape Pinochet’s shadow

Chile's new constitution may end up looking a lot like the current text, which dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship - but without his name on it - after the political right took charge of the redraft process in a harsh nationwide electoral defeat for leftist President Gabriel Boric.

Reuters

Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution

Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite.

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Chileans buy more guns, private guards as security tops concerns

After their pick-up truck was stolen at gunpoint outside their home in Santiago last June, Javiera Castillo and her partner began learning how to shoot a pistol to prevent future encounters.

The Guardian - US

Chile takes on ‘moral duty’ of finding the disappeared of Pinochet regime

As the 50th anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s bloody coup nears, Chile’s government launches a new plan to find and identify those who went missing

The Guardian - US

‘Coffee with legs’: inside Chile’s risque and antiquated cafe culture

Cafés con piernas seem like peculiar throwbacks to more sexist days, but they provide steady income to migrants unable to work elsewhere

Evening Standard

Two killed in failed $32m airport heist in Santiago, Chile

A security officer and a would-be robber were killed in a shootout after armed criminals breached the runway

Tribune News Service

ct//Chilean President Boric’s reforms in trouble after tax setback

SANTIAGO, Chile — With three years left in his term, Chilean President Gabriel Boric is already facing doubts on whether he’ll be able to advance on any key reforms after receiving a crushing blow near his first anniversary as the world’s youngest leader.

Bangkok Post

Young rapper roars for indigenous rights

Just before taking the stage, the teenage indigenous rapper took a deep breath and composed herself, eyes closed.

Daily Mirror

Brit uses browser hack to bag business class seat for less than price of economy

Photojournalist Cameron Stewart claimed he travelled in luxury from Santiago to Easter Island are making a few small changes to his browser's settings before booking a ticket

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