The Chilean president's efforts to squeeze political advantage from his campaign to reduce poverty have backfired, opening him up to accusations that he distorted statistics to show progress on a camp

Tens of thousands of students returned to the streets of Santiago on Thursday in the largest rally of the year demanding a comprehensive reform of the educational system they dub unjust and ineffectiv

A car detonated an anti-tank mine on the border between Chile and Peru, killing the Peruvian driver, Chilean authorities said on Saturday.

The Chilean army said in a statement that the incident occur

Chile declared a health alert Tuesday at a site where 500,000 pigs, abandoned by a slaughtering company, are said to be dying in large numbers due to a lack of food and water.

Health Minister Jaime M

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile late Monday but does not appear to have generated a major tsunami, according to US monitors.

The quake sent tremors through the

Chilean authorities ordered the evacuation of the central coast of Chile on Sunday because of the threat of a tsunami after a 7.1 magnitude quake.

Government spokesman Andres Chadwick said the Office

A small plane with eight people onboard went missing in Chile shortly after taking off on Thursday, the civil aviation authority said.

The plane, a Beechcraft BE300, disappeared from radar around 40

The 33 Chilean miners who spent more than two months trapped 700 meters underground discussed the possibility of cannibalism in the first days of their ordeal, one of them said.

"It was kind of who d

Four bodies have so far been found in the Pacific Ocean from a Chilean air force plane carrying 21 people that disappeared on its way to a remote archipelago, the military said Saturday.

"So far we h

Violence has broken out in Chile's capital as tens of thousands of students stage another protest demanding changes in public education.

Masked demonstrators are burning cars and barricades, looting