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Chilean president celebrates the rescue of all 33 trapped miners
Former President Michelle Bachelet says she will run again for Chile's top office in November elections as the candidate of the country's center-left and communist p...
With leaders from five continents on hand, Venezuela prepared for a day of distinctly different ceremonies -- first the formal state funeral of Hugo Chavez, then the...
Hundreds of opponents of outgoing Czech President Vaclav Klaus rallied in Prague to celebrate his departure and burn an effigy of him on his final day in office Thur...
A list of heads of state and government from around the world who plan to attend Friday's state funeral for Venezuela's Hugo Chavez:-Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minis...
While the earth shook in the middle of the night, a terrified Alberto Rozas dashed to the bathroom with his 7-year-old daughter in his arms and embraced her inside t...
They were giving the tickets away a year ago — and still had a difficult time attracting fans.It's a different story this year at the VTR Open, a small ATP clay-cour...
Chile announced another drop in unemployment on Thursday, along with low inflation and fast growth, numbers most leaders can only dream after a global economic crisi...
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera warmly praised Hugo Chavez on Sunday, crediting the Venezuelan leader's "vision, tenacity and strength" for forging the alliance o...
"Welcome to a better world," President Sebastian Pinera told Mariano Rajoy of Spain as a 60-nation summit got under way on Friday, teasing his counterpart with barbs...
A string of arson attacks in a remote southern region of Chile where Mapuche Indian farmers are pitted against landowners and the forest industry has led to calls fo...
Three Chilean reporters investigating human rights violations during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet have had break-ins at their homes over just a few days...
A judge has authorized Chilean police to hold 16 suspects in jail while they investigate an alleged child prostitution ring.Police said the gang was led by four wome...
Communist and other leftists were considered enemies of the state during Chile's military dictatorship, a 17-year period that saw thousands of people killed and disa...
Chile's president says the U.N.'s top court should reject Bolivia's demand for talks on giving it access to the sea.In an interview with The Associated Press, Presid...
President Sebastian Pinera marked Sunday's anniversary of one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history by praising his government's progress on reconstruction ...
CONSTITUCION, Chile (AP) — Before February's devastating quake, Fernando Echeverria ran a major construction company and led Chile's powerful chamber of builders, wh...
Five South American nations have recognized Palestinian statehood in recent weeks, and several more are expected to do so soon.The Palestinians are increasingly lobb...
Tens of thousands of students flooded the streets of Chile on Thursday in one of the largest demonstrations demanding free education.After two years of student march...
Chile President Sebastian Pinera advocates more free trade between the U.S. and Chile