The wealthiest countries in the world are often considered guardians of the planet, but we know how much damage they have done with their emissions. They are responsible for climate change. Smaller countries that face an existential threat are leading the climate change fight. Chile is rewriting its constitution to combat climate change.

Chile is rewriting its constitution to combat climate change in a bid to protect its ecology

Moving on as wildfires continue to ravage parts of Chile the agriculture minister has now declared an emergency in the region which lies to the south of the Santiago region.

Wildfires ravage Chile, government declares agriculture emergency

Rarely does a country get a chance to lay out its ideals as a nation and write a new constitution for itself. Almost never does the climate and ecological crisis play a central role.

Chile rewrites its constitution, confronting climate change head-on

Gabriel Boric, 35, is set to become Chile's youngest-ever president, completing a stunning rise for the Andean nation's progressive left ten years after leading student rallies seeking better education.

Who is Gabriel Boric, the leftist millennial elected Chile's youngest president?

Chile has elected its next President, 35-year-old Gabriel Boric has become the youngest-ever President. He is also referred to as the most left-wing President Chile ever elected.

The most left-wing President of Chile: Meet Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old millennial

Chile has elected a 'leftist millennial' as its new President. A 35-yr-old Gabriel Boric will be the youngest President in Chile's history. He is also being called the most 'left-wing' President till date. Why? Palki Sharma explains.

Gravitas: 35-yr-old leftist millennial becomes Chile's new President

Gabriel Boric, a leftist former student leader and leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests has become Chile's youngest President. He is also referred to as the most left-wing President Chile ever elected.

Gabriel Boric labeled as 'most-left wing' President of Chile

Chile has elected its next president. The country witnessed fierce competition between Boric and Kast. The 35-year-old lawmaker Boric has now become the youngest-ever president.

Chile chooses youngest-ever president Gabriel Boric

Chile has chosen its next president. The country witnessed a fierce competition between Boric and Kast.

Gabriel Boric elected as new President of Chile

Chile is set to choose its next president, the country witnesses fierce competition between Boric and Kast. Chilean election offers a stark choice amid a leftist or an admirer of Pinochet.

Chile election offers stark choice between Boric and Kast | Presidential Polls

The word ‘daredevil’ doesn’t even do justice when it is used to describe the stunt performed by a former Chilean pilot. Sebastián “Ardilla” Álvarez, a former Chilean Air Force pilot whose nickname means “Squirrel”, recently became the first person to fly in and out of an active volcano, CNN reported.

Ex-Chilean pilot becomes first person to fly in and out of active volcano

In a positive change, Chile joins Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica and Uruguay in allowing same-sex marriage in the country. Both houses of Chile's parliament has passed the legislation, and President Piñera is expected to sign it before the end of his term.

Chile becomes the latest nation in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage, Congress gives nod

Lawmakers in Chile on Tuesday legalized same-sex marriage, a landmark victory for gay rights activists that underscores how profoundly the country’s politics and society have shifted in the past decade.

Chile legalises same-sex marriage at fraught political moment

A unique ''weaponised'' dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Chile. It has a battle ax for a tail. Known as Stegouros elengassen, the armoured dinosaur belongs to the late Cretaceous period.

Battle axe for a tail? Scientists discover unique 'weaponised' dinosaur

A mountain of discarded clothing including Christmas sweaters, skii boots cuts a strange sight in Chile's Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion.

Chile's desert becomes a dumping ground for fast fashion

The clear skies of Chile's arid the Atacama Desert are a favorite for those studying the composition of the universe, but now experts are looking to take the next step: detecting the existence of life on other planets.

Giant Magellan telescope in Chile's desert searches for a new life beyond Earth

For the second consecutive day, Chile registered more than 2,000 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with 2,056 new infections in the last 24 hours, the highest figure since July, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.

Chile registers highest number of daily cases of COVID-19 since July

One person died and 17 others were injured on Sunday as riot police clashed with protesters in the Chilean capital during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community.

1 dead, 17 hurt in Chile as police clash with indigenous protesters

Chilean authorities have declared a red alert in the Tiltil commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and evacuated residents due to a forest fire that started on Wednesday.

Forest fires destroy at least 12 homes and 100 hectares in Chile

In a rare development, few parts of the Atacama desert in Chile, which is generally regarded as the driest place on earth, were under deep snow. Although it snows from time to time in the desert, snowfall this late in August is extremely rare.

Rare snowfall in Atacama desert surprises residents of Chile

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera hailed the production of the first green hydrogen molecule in the country, setting the goal of becoming a leader in the clean energy sector.

Chile produces its first green hydrogen molecule

The main workers' union at the world's biggest copper mine, Chile's Escondida, announced Friday it had reached an agreement with Anglo-Australian giant BHP to avoid a strike.

Agreement reached to avoid strike at world's largest copper mine in Chile

A young woman working at a Chilean safari park died on Friday after a tiger attacked her, police said. The woman, who has not been identified by police, was among staff cleaning and performing maintenance work in the big cats' enclosure of a safari park in the city of Rancagua, 60 miles south of the capital Santiago.

Tiger kills woman working at Chilean safari park

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