Violence driven by post-pandemic return to public life, influx of guns, and organized crime

Future lithium contracts would only be issued as public-private partnerships with state control, President Boric said

Human rights groups say they’re an “enormous step back”

Government plans to install new thermal cameras and a satellite communication system

Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires …

Chile’s government widened areas under a state of emergency Friday amid wildfires that have consumed some 8,000 hectares (19,700 acres) as the South American nation endures a summer heat wave …