Chile

November 18, 2019
Javier Puente

Across the Andean region, movements against corruption, austerity, high costs of living, and undemocratic maneuvers also fight to change a political and economic model rooted in dispossession. 

November 4, 2019

A NACLA reading list from the past decade to help contextualize the ongoing protests in Chile. 

October 31, 2019
Noam Titelman

Chile's new generations have become politicized in fragmented protests, marked by cathartic moments of social explosion and the collapse of some pillars that were supposed to be unmovable. The protests sparked by metro fare hikes are the latest chapter exploring the limits of what's possible. 

October 30, 2019
Andra B. Chastain

A history behind Santiago's subway system and why a fare increase sparked massive protests. 

October 25, 2019
Andrew Conca-Cheng

As protests continue in Chile over systemic inequality, the government is resorting to tactics not seen since the dictatorship. 

October 7, 2019
Alanna Elder

Chile's president says the COP25 host will not sign a regional treaty meant to improve access to environmental rights.

May 8, 2019
Hillary Hiner

Two neuroscientists at a Chilean university were told their contracts wouldn’t be renewed when they spoke out against sexism and harassment in the workplace.

April 30, 2019
Pablo Arturo Mansilla Quiñones y Miguel Melin Pehuen

El conflicto mapuche en Argentina y Chile contesta concepciones de la frontera promulgadas por el estado-nación. No es sólo una disputa por el control material de la tierra, sino que también una lucha por el sentido y el uso del territorio.

October 26, 2018
Greg Grandin

By 1979, much of the southern cone had fallen to right-wing military dictatorships in an era defined by militarist anti-communism, the defeat of the working class movement, and the emergence of neoliberalism. From our 50th anniversary issue, available open access for a limited time.

July 27, 2018
Brett J. Kyle and Andrew G. Reiter

Across the region, Latin America’s militaries are regaining power through the court system

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