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What To Know About Chile's Voracious Wildfires

Summer is in full swing in Chile and a brutal heatwave has seen temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) since last week.

Latin Times · Feb 6, 2024

What To Know About Chile's Voracious Wildfires

Coming in the middle of a fierce heatwave, Chile's forest fires engulfed communities with a destructive speed that has stunned the nation.

International Business Times · Feb 5, 2024

Wildfires Scorch Central Chile, Death Toll Tops 110

Responders continued to battle fires in the coastal tourist region of Valparaiso amid an intense summer heat wave, with temperatures soaring to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) over the weekend.

International Business Times · Feb 5, 2024

Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed more than 100 people

The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames on Sunday.

WEKU · Feb 4, 2024

Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile

Chileans recently voted to reject a proposed new constitution which critics said was even more authoritarian and conservative than the 1980 dictatorship-era constitution it sought to replace.

The Conversation · Jan 11, 2024

Boric Grapples With Lithium Strategy Amid Second Referendum Fallout: Analysis

After a second failed constitutional referendum, Chilean President Gabriel Boric's flagship lithium strategy—or lack thereof—is on the clock.

International Business Times · Dec 21, 2023

Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era charter

The vote came more than a year after Chileans rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention. The new document was more conservative than the one it had sought to replace.

WEKU · Dec 18, 2023

Chile votes to reject new conservative constitution which threatened rights of women

Current constitution dating back to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet will now stay in place after two drafts were rejected in referendums

The Guardian - AU · Dec 18, 2023

Chile Votes In Second Shot At New Constitution

Chileans head to the polls Sunday for a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution, with voters asked to approve or reject a more conservative draft.

International Business Times · Dec 17, 2023

‘Sometimes you feel you’re in Palestine’: culture and cause burn brightly in Chile

Chile has the largest Palestinian diaspora outside the Middle East – and it is lending its considerable weight to the call for justice

The Guardian - US · Nov 28, 2023