Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be built in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the leading intergovernmental astronomic organisation in Germany,

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country's list of hard drugs.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday the beginning of a process that could lead to a new constitution for the South American country, one of the centre-left leader's key electoral pledges.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet opened an international conference on the protection of the oceans today with a pledge to create huge new marine reserves around Easter Island in the Pacific.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday she neither intends to nor should resign, despite rumors suggesting a possible resignation as her popularity has foundered following recent scandals.

A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people, forcing the evacuation of one million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach as far as Japan.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.

A Chilean judge jailed two retired colonels Friday for torturing President Michelle Bachelet's father, who was arrested for opposing the country's 1973 coup and died after repeated beatings and electrocutions.

Chilean lawmakers on Wednesday asked President Michelle Bachelet to close a last remaining special prison for former military officers convicted of human rights abuses, but living in relative luxury.

The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be built in collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the leading intergovernmental astronomic organisation in Germany,

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country's list of hard drugs.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday the beginning of a process that could lead to a new constitution for the South American country, one of the centre-left leader's key electoral pledges.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet opened an international conference on the protection of the oceans today with a pledge to create huge new marine reserves around Easter Island in the Pacific.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday she neither intends to nor should resign, despite rumors suggesting a possible resignation as her popularity has foundered following recent scandals.

A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people, forcing the evacuation of one million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach as far as Japan.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has said that by 2020 Chile should host about 70 percent of the global astronomical infrastructure.

A Chilean judge jailed two retired colonels Friday for torturing President Michelle Bachelet's father, who was arrested for opposing the country's 1973 coup and died after repeated beatings and electrocutions.

Chilean lawmakers on Wednesday asked President Michelle Bachelet to close a last remaining special prison for former military officers convicted of human rights abuses, but living in relative luxury.