Mar 01 Watch Chile Reels from Quake Aftershocks as Troops Crack Down on Looting More than 700 people are dead after one of the most powerful earthquakes in more than a century hit Chile on Saturday. Since then, troops and police have cracked down on curfew violations in an effort to stop violence and… Continue watching
Feb 28 Aftershocks Rattle Chile as Quake Leaves 1.5 Million Affected Chile was rattled by another powerful aftershock Sunday, one of at least 10 to strike the country in the aftermath of yesterday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The latest aftershock struck the capital of Santiago at roughly 8:30 a.m. local time, less… Continue reading
Feb 27 Powerful Earthquake Strikes Chile; Hawaii on Edge After Tsunami Warning Update 7:40pm EST As Chile raced to assess the damage from Saturday's powerful earthquake, Hawaii canceled its tsunami warning after hours of waiting and watching its shores for dangerous waves triggered by the temblor. "We dodged a bullet,"… Continue reading
Jan 18 Chile Elects First Right-Wing President in 52 Years By Larisa Epatko Chileans voted Sunday for billionaire Sebastian Pinera to become the first right-wing elected president since 1958. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch News Wrap: Americans Jailed in Pakistan Claim Torture In other news, five American Muslims jailed in Pakistan on terrorism charges said in court Monday they have been tortured, and the president of Ukraine has been eliminated from the country's presidential election. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Chilean History Examined in ‘The Judge and the General’ Decades after Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship claimed the lives of thousands of Chileans, a new documentary by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Patricio Lanfranco sheds light on Chile's troubled past. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Farnsworth, a former NewsHour correspondent, about the film. Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Chileans Mourn, Celebrate Former Dictator Augusto Pinochet’s Death Up to 5,000 supporters of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet attended his funeral Tuesday, while several thousand protesters rallied in the city center. Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Santiago on how Chileans are reacting to Pinochet's death. Continue watching
Dec 11 Pinochet Death Sparks Celebrations, Clashes in Chile By Admin, PBS News Hour News of the death of former military dictator Augusto Pinochet has rocked the South American nation of Chile, prompting widespread celebrations, but also anger in a country still split by the former strongman's 17-year reign. Continue reading
Nov 23 Chile’s Pinochet Charged With Tax Evasion By PBS News Hour Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was put under house arrest and charged with evading taxes on $26 million related to his overseas accounts, state television said Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 20 Chile’s Supreme Court Drops Pinochet Indictment The Chilean Supreme Court today upheld an appeals court ruling throwing out homicide and kidnapping charges against former dictator Augusto Pinochet. Continue reading