Chile

Sebastián Piñera is on track to win Chile's presidency. He will struggle to govern.

Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been heralded as Latin America’s exception. Yet over the last half decade, this tranquillity has come to an end.

A strong of earthquakes has hit Chile in the middle of the strongest political, economic, and social shocks the country has seen in many years. Facing...

Some argue that Chile is living through the worst political crisis since the 1973 overthrow of President Salvador Allende. That is certainly exaggerated. Chile’s...

Kornbluh asserts that, contrary to Devine's interpretation of events, the CIA never gave up on the goal of pushing Chilean President Salvador Allende from power and...

The 1973 coup in Chile is often included in indictments of U.S. covert action during the Cold War, during which the United States, at the direction of a number of...

Viewed from the outside, Chile seems to deserve its reputation as a rising economic star. From the inside, though, the picture is less cheery. The tale of a...

The upcoming presidential election in Chile will test whether the country's middle-class majority will continue to support a government that has brought economic...

The Triple Frontier has long served as a hub of organized crime and smuggling. But thanks to the economic downturn, the merchants that once thrived on illicit trade...

To the Editor:

Former Assistant Secretary of State William D. Rogers disputes charges of U.S. complicity in the rise and rule of Pinochet; Kenneth Maxwell replies.

The "Pinochet model," a potent mixture of authoritarianism and liberal economic reform, is sold as the elixir to nearly any country ailing under socialist...

Chile's transition from Pinochet's rule to civilian government was remarkably smooth. What explains its success?