Laura Derrer says she is intrigued by a proposal to let citizens vote on constitutional amendments as part of a reform of direct democracy in Chile. The 19-year old student of law in Santiago de ...

In the 1990s, following Chile's return to democracy, the government said it would hand back some of the land to the Mapuche. But progress has been minimal, with owners reluctant to sell and red ...

Upon her arrival in Australia, Miriam's family immediately joined a solidarity committee that sought to restore democracy in Chile. As he entered adolescence, Oscar Cardenas also gradually began ...

The Sept. 11, 1973, coup remains deeply divisive in Chile, where Pinochet still has fervent supporters 24 years after the return to democracy and eight years after his death at age 91.

After the return to democracy, the armed forces still sang the verse as a gesture of protest at moments of civil-military tension.