“Thick black smoke was billowing above us, so we laid down on the grass,” Alejandro Peirano recalled. “One of my rangers turned to me and said, ‘Director, are we going to die?’” Our dispatch from Jardín Botánico Nacional de Viña del Mar, with Jack Nicas and photos by Cristobal Olivares nytimes.com/2024/02/05/wor…

Chile's former president Sebastián Piñera has reportedly died in a helicopter crash near Lake Ranco in the south of the country

Piñera's office confirms the death of the former president, who governed Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022.

Chile's ship inspectors talked to the Times about the inspection last year that found a deficiency on the Dali. By John Bartlett and me: nytimes.com/live/2024/03/2…

Atacama: de majestuoso desierto a enorme basural de moda fast fashion nationalgeographicla.com/medio-ambiente… por John Bartlett vía National Geographic LATAM

Chile has passed a new law ensuring central government funding to bring public transport nationwide up to the standard of Santiago, including bus electrification. Notable: 50% of the funding can be used for operations.

A medida que las renovables aumentan, crece la necesidad de almacenar energía. Chile está a la cabeza en América Latina. Por John Bartlett en Dialogue Earth Español dialogue.earth/es/energia/el-…

‘Walls are where we communicate’: how murals paint Chile’s politics theguardian.com/world/article/… by John Bartlett vía The Guardian

🌬️🏜️ Com altos níveis de radiação solar no Deserto do Atacama e fortes ventos da Patagônia, o Chile é um lugar único para a energia renovável. 🔋 Porém, à medida que a produção aumenta, cresce também a necessidade de armazenar energia. ✍️ John Bartlett dialogue.earth/pt-br/energia/…

🌬️🏜️ Con altos niveles de radiación solar en Atacama y fuertes vientos en la Patagonia, Chile es un lugar único para las energías renovables. 🔋Pero, a medida que aumenta la producción, también crece la necesidad de almacenar energía. ✍️ John Bartlett dialogue.earth/es/energia/el-…

“Chile is a nation of muralists. Our walls are where we communicate – it’s how we use our public space.” Alejandro ‘Mono’ González has used walls to express his political voice for six decades in Chile — and around the world theguardian.com/world/article/…

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There's been a widespread power cut in Chile, reportedly affecting almost the whole country from Arica in the far north down to the southern region of Los Lagos

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¿Qué demostró Trump con su nueva y hermosa Ley? ¿Y con Alligator Alcatraz? ¿Qué futuro tiene el partido de Musk? ¿Habrá nueva tregua en Gaza? ¿Qué perspectivas hay para las elex de Chile? Con F. Cifuentes, Marta M. Domínguez y John Bartlett En FRANCE 24 Español youtu.be/X6ZPSUDrcV0?si…

A Defender of Darkness in the Darkest Place on Earth nytimes.com/2025/09/12/wor… via @NYTimes

🚨📓NEW BOOK 🚨📓 The illustrated book “Plan Cóndor” with Sebastián Santana is published today in 🇨🇱 by LOM Ediciones Reviewed and expanded for Condor’s 50th anniversary and with additional cases from 🇨🇱 & 🇦🇷 In all bookstores and online lom.cl/products/plan-… UCL Americas