Fire

06.February 2026. NM

Wildfire in Patagonia: Over 45.000 hectares of Argentine forest destroyed

In the Argentine parts of Patagonia, fierce fires have been raging for weeks, which have destroyed over 45.000 hectares of forest in the past month and a half. Thick smoke rises above the picturesque landscapes, and when darkness falls, large tongues of flame can be seen rising into the sky.

José Antonio Cass has never made a secret that he is a fan of Pinochet.

Chile

15.December 2025. DW

The new president of Chile: With faith in Pinochet

José Antonio Caste has never made a secret of being a fan of Pinochet. "If he were alive, he would vote for me," he once said. The new president of Chile is close to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement

Half a century since the assassination of Salvador Allende

13.September 2023. Milan Milošević

The dark and bitter hour of the bloody end of a dream

50 years ago, on September 11, 1973, Socialist President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup with far-reaching consequences in Chile, and General Augusto Pinochet established a dictatorship during which many suffered. Allende is a fading left-wing icon, and Pinochet is a bloody dictator for some in a divided Chile, and for others the creator of the Chilean economic miracle, according to the recipe of the "Chicago School of Economics".

News

20.December 2021. M.M

Chile: Gabriljel Borić, leftist, millennial and president of the country

The next tenant of the Chilean presidential palace La Moneda became the leftist of Croatian origin Gabriel Borić. The left in Chile has been growing stronger since 2019 when it was rocked by social protests. The new president promises to reduce the gap between rich and poor, equal health care for all and finally breaking the shackles of Pinochet's dictatorship.