Chilean Students Struggle to Deepen Educational Reforms

Chilean Students Struggle to Deepen Educational Reforms

A new Chilean law bans profits, tuition, and selective admissions in private primary and secondary schools that receive state subsidies--but students say ...
The Water Grab That Powers Predatory Development

The Water Grab That Powers Predatory Development

Development that depends on “water grabbing” threatens Latin America’s ability to conserve wetland-based communities and ecosystems ...
Chile's Untapped Clean Energy Potential

Chile’s Untapped Clean Energy Potential

Despite Chile’s potential to shift to renewable energy sources, Michelle Bachelet has adopted the same energy strategy as her conservative ...
Chile Facing The Blockade

Chile Facing The Blockade

North Star: A Memoir, by Peter Camejo, Haymarket Books, 2010, 364 pp., $18 (paperback)   Peter Camejo’s life spanned the ...
CHILE: The Story Behind the Coup

CHILE: The Story Behind the Coup

It was, countless newspapers and magazines informed us, the “most triumphant” story of 2010. The rescue of 33 Chilean miners ...
Who Killed Víctor Jara?

Who Killed Víctor Jara?

On May 15, Chilean judge Juan Eduardo Fuentes found former colonel Mario Manríquez guilty of the murder 35 years ago ...
Power Struggle: Chileans Face Off on Hydroelectric Dams

Power Struggle: Chileans Face Off on Hydroelectric Dams

A startlingly cold storm pushed its way across central Chile last February, blanketing the Andes in snow and reminding Santiago’s ...