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Aside from its authoritarian ambitions, the Trump administration shares few of the conditions of Latin America’s past ...

Chile’s incoming president, José Antonio Kast, toured El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison on Friday, one stop on a week-long trip focused on showcasing his commitment to beefing up security once he ...

After the fall of Nicolas Maduro, there is was one absolutely clear loser: China. Militarily and politically, they suffered a devastating blow. Despite this, Beijing is not relinquishing its power and ...

In metal cages installed on the sea floor around the small island of Locos in northern Chile, divers stock bottles of wine as part of a new underwater storage program. Sean Hogan has more. What is ...

U.S. Army Gen. James J. Mingus speaks with soldiers assigned to the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, July 2024. (Spc. Rebeca Soria/Army) The Army on Tuesday announced that it is standing up ...

The Army is pulling the reins and now plans to keep its military horse programs at two bases that were set to end in 2026. The Military Working Equid programs will remain active at Fort Riley, Kansas ...

A dramatic shift to the extreme right threatens the future—and past—for human rights and accountability. This past Monday morning, Chileans awoke to a new reality. Some 35 years after the return to ...

Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the opposition Republican Party, and his wife, Maria Pia Adriasola, wave flags after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, ...

Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship ...