Charis McGowan

In wake of killings, new leg­is­la­tion gives po­lice more pro­tec­tions – but crit­ics say it could lead to abuse of force.

Ad­vo­cates say fight con­tin­ues de­spite re­jec­tion of new con­sti­tu­tion that would have en­shrined re­pro­duc­tive rights.

More than 60 per­cent of Chileans vot­ed against the pro­pos­al, which its sup­port­ers call fem­i­nist and pro­gres­sive.

The as­sem­bly will hand over the fin­ished draft to Pres­i­dent Gabriel Boric be­fore it is made avail­able to the pub­lic.

Un­prece­dent­ed ac­knowl­edge­ment of state cul­pa­bil­i­ty in HIV/AIDS case ‘sets stan­dards’ across the re­gion, ad­vo­cates say.

New re­port finds ‘stag­ger­ing in­equal­i­ty’ the core fac­tor be­hind dis­pro­por­tion­ate COVID-19 death rates in re­gion.

As Se­bas­t­ian Pin­era pre­pares to leave of­fice, crit­ics say he has failed to ad­dress rights abus­es com­mit­ted on his watch.

As Chile’s pres­i­den­tial runoff nears, some women fear vic­to­ry for Jose An­to­nio Kast may roll back their rights.

Pro­gres­sive rep­re­sen­ta­tives elect­ed to draft a new Chilean con­sti­tu­tion say en­vi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion will be para­mount.

De­spite suc­cess­ful vac­ci­na­tion dri­ve, in­fec­tions are in­creas­ing across Chile, ex­ac­er­bat­ing deep-seat­ed in­equal­i­ties.