The North Face Founder Bankrolls Portion of New National Park in Chile

Lifelong Adventurer Has Created Yendegaia, Half the Size of Yosemite

Unpopular Populism in Chile

Chile’s former president Michelle Bachelet won in a runoff election this Sunday, afterfailing to obtain a majority of votes in November’s first round. She has now cleared the path to a second term as president of Chile, with 62 percent of the vote, bettering the 37 percent garnered by her childhood playmate, economist, and recent minister of labor and…

Election Preview: Socialist Candidate Expected Winner in Chile’s Runoff Election

Former President Bachelet Has Fundamental Proposals in Tow for Sunday’s Presidential Election.

Presidential Frontrunner Proposes “Free” University in Chile

As presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet prepares for a second round of voting on December 15 in Chile, for what would be a second term in office, her campaign has released a proposal to provide universal access to higher education at no cost to students. Her campaign’s five-member special unit’s proposal not only requires broadly increasing…

Kerry Declares End of Monroe Doctrine in Latin America

During a speech on Monday at the Organization of American States, US Secretary of State John Kerry declared that the Monroe Doctrine, dating back to 1823, has officially ended. After the introduction of the Monroe Doctrine by James Monroe, in the nineteenth century, influence from outside powers in Central and South America had been strategically…

Colombia Concedes Political Participation to FARC

On Wednesday, Colombian officials conceded a key topic of negotiation in ongoing peace talks with the nation’s largest Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization, Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). They have agreed to allow political participation and eventual integration of FARC into Colombia’s democratic processes. The issue of future political participation has been one of the most…

Strikes Shutdown Chile’s Public Sector Ahead of Presidential Election

Unions Halt 80 Percent of Government Services, Demand Wage Increases

Ecuador Cancels Conservation Agreement

In 2007, the government of Ecuador approved an initiative to preserve 3791 sq mi of biologically rich territory and rain forests which has become known as the Yasuni National Park located on the eastern border of the country. The park as it is currently constituted, represents an area 9% larger than Yellowstone National Park in the United…