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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls on U.S. to declassify documents on Chile's 1973 coup

By Mauricio Cuevas, Associated Press

The Democratic congresswoman from New York is part of a delegation of lawmakers who traveled to Chile ahead of the 50th anniversary of the coup against President Salvador Allende on Sept. 11, 1973.

Galactic photo shoot captures over 3 billion stars

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. Results were released this week.

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island's iconic moai statues

By Associated Press

A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said.

News Wrap: Manhunt in Canada after mass stabbing kills 10, court upholds Kenya election

In our news wrap Monday, a manhunt spreads across much of western Canada after a stabbing spree leaves ten people dead, Kenya's Supreme Court unanimously upholds William Ruto's narrow win in the presidential election and the Israeli military acknowledged "a…

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Chile sees high turnout in vote on proposed new constitution with sweeping changes

By Daniel Politi, Associated Press

Chileans voted in a plebiscite Sunday on whether to adopt a far-reaching new constitution that would fundamentally change the South American country.

Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president

By Associated Press

A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile’s next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump.

Chileans vote in highly polarized presidential election

By Eva Vergara, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

Chileans will vote for a new president Sunday following a polarizing campaign in which the leading candidates vowed to chart starkly different paths for the region’s most economically advanced country staggered by a recent wave of social unrest.

Chileans choose assembly to draft a new constitution

By Eva Vergara, Associated Press

Nearly 80% of voters in a plebiscite last year chose to draft a new charter for the nation following a year of protests, though there is much less consistent agreement over what it should contain.

Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution

By Eva Vergara, Christopher Torchia, Associated Press

One of Latin America's most affluent nations, and also one haunted by social and economic inequality, plans to draft a new constitution to replace the charter introduced during military rule decades ago.

WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels

By Joshua Barajas

When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as “models.” For a crime novel she wrote, Allende said she needed to connect with a member of the U.S. military.