SANTIAGO, Chile – The former commander in chief of the Chilean army has been taken into custody for his alleged participation in the killing of 15 left-wing militants at the start of that country's ...

Soldiers & sailors take an oath to defend the best interests of their country, come what may, but Chilean sailors, members of the second greatest fleet in South America, do not care. Early last week ...

POZO ALMONTE, Chile – In the hot sun of the Atacama Desert, located in the Tacapacá region, Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) and Chilean combat medics are working together as part of the National ...

More than 100 participants from the military and government of Chile, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and U.S. Army including members of U.S. Army South gathered in ...

A former Chilean army lieutenant, who now lives in Deltona, accused of killing an iconic folk singer 50 years ago, was stripped of his U.S. citizenship Friday after the government learned he lied on ...

Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda, the presidential palace in ...

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MIAMIMIAMI — The U.S. has expelled a former Chilean Army officer accused of torturing and killing folk singer Victor Jara during the country’s bloody 1973 coup. Pedro Barrientos had emigrated to ...

Three people were killed after a supermarket in Chile's capital was looted and burned Saturday amid riots that stretched for a second day, triggering the country's president to declare a state of ...

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Antarctica has recorded its first Covid-19 case after 36 people tested positive on a research base, according to a statement released by the Chilean Army. The news marks an unfortunate milestone in ...