Oct 30 Chile cancels Asia-Pacific and climate summits amid protests By Associated Press The Asia-Pacific summit set for Nov. 16-17 and the global climate gathering planned for Dec. 2-13 are being scrapped. Continue reading
Oct 29 Protests erupt in Chile despite president’s new Cabinet By Michael Weissenstein, Eva Vergara, Associated Press Thousands of protesters crowded again into central Santiago, and one group set fire to a building that houses a fast-food restaurant and stores. Continue reading
Oct 25 Watch 11:13 From Lebanon to Chile, economic uncertainty is driving a wave of protests By Jane Ferguson, Nick Schifrin As 2019 enters its final quarter, protesters have taken to the streets in dozens of places worldwide. While circumstances differ from country to country, demonstrators are united in frustration with economic disparities -- and perceived government inaction to address them. Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 7:05 News Wrap: Cummings remembered by Congress as man of character In our news wrap Thursday, the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., lay in state in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall as fellow lawmakers, friends and families paid their respects. Leaders from both parties remembered Cummings as a man of strong… Continue watching
Oct 22 Death toll rises to 15 from Chilean protest clashes By Eva Vergara, Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press Chile's government said Tuesday that 15 people have been killed in five days of rioting, arson and violent clashes that have almost paralyzed the South American country and rocked its global image as the region's oasis of stability. Continue reading
Jul 29 Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will bring her message to the U.S. By David Keyton, Frank Jordans, Associated Press The 16-year-old will attend U.N. climate summits in New York in September and Santiago, Chile, in December. Continue reading
Jul 02 WATCH: Total solar eclipse darkens skies across South America The eclipse will sweep along a path extending 6,800 miles across open waters to Chile and Argentina. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 9:38 Families of Colombia’s disappeared endure ‘never-ending grief’ and a wrenching search In Colombia, an estimated 83,000 people have been forcibly disappeared since 1958. But peace accords between the government and the FARC, the country’s largest guerrilla group, in 2016 mandated that finding the missing was a necessary step toward reconciliation. Special… Continue watching
Dec 07 Vatican investigating reports of Chilean priests abusing nuns By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The scandal at the Institute of the Good Samaritan was revealed publicly in an investigative report by Chilean national television earlier this year at the height of outrage over how Chilean Catholic hierarchy covered up decades of sexual abuse of… Continue reading
Oct 13 Pope defrocks 2 more Chilean priests accused of sex abuse By Associated Press To show greater transparency about how he's responding to the church's global sex abuse crisis, the pontiff publicly explained why they were removed. Continue reading