Chile

A left-wing former student protest leader has been elected as Chile’s next president, pledging to “fight the privileges of the few”.

Vaccines alone aren’t enough to bring the pandemic under control, scientists have warned – something Chile has found out, the hard way.

Once viewed as the success story of Latin American democracy, with a strong economy, in the last few weeks Chile has seen almost daily street protests and a return to police violence unseen since the end of dictatorship three decades ago.

Just seven countries in the world – including the Vatican – outlaw abortion without exception. Latin America correspondent Guillermo Galdos has been meeting those affected in Chile.

Chile’s president declares a state of emergency after Volcano Calbuco erupts, sending a ash and smoke twelve miles into the air and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.

Mountaineers in Chile discover the remains of a plane that went missing 54 years ago. In 1961, a Lan airlines jet crashed killing all 24 on board including eight from the Green Cross football team.

The top of a Chilean mountain is blown up to make way for a telescope that will look for life on other planets. Channel 4 News speaks to one of the men behind the E-ELT.

England are seeking revenge against Italy in Brazil on Saturday – but the game will have a very different meaning if the two nations meet again at the Homeless World Cup later this year.

Fires continue to flare up in Valparaiso, resulting in further destruction of property in the Chilean city. Some 10,000 people have been evacuated since Saturday afternoon.

Some of the worst air pollution since the great smog of 1952 will hit Britain in the next 24 hours – but how will it compare to other cities around the world?

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 8.2 kills six people in Chile, triggering a tsunami wave and tremors which were felt as far as Bolivia and Peru.

The Black Watch, a cruise ship carrying 577 British passengers around the world, sets sail again after being forced to stop off the southern tip of the South American coast with mechanical problems.

England manager Roy Hodgson has several issues to resolve before next year’s World Cup in Brazil, and Friday’s international friendly against Chile gives him the chance to experiment.

40 years after Chile’s military coup, a study says songs by the Spanish crooner and the ex-Beatle were used by General Pinochet’s jailers to “inflict psychological and physical damage” on prisoners.

Brazil is not the only Latin American country experiencing civil unrest. Students have clashed with the police in Chile as they take to the streets to demand educational reform.