News and Analysis: Chile

Eight officers charged in brutal killing of Victor Jara

Legendary Chilean artist among thousands of victims of Pinochet coup

January 3, 2013

Eight retired military officers, four of whom are graduates of the notorious School of the Americas (renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation), were charged Dec. 27 in Jara's death.

Students, workers demand free quality education in Chile

Call for nationalization of copper industry

October 27, 2011

As many as 100,000 students and workers marched and protested in Chile on Oct. 19, the latest actions in a campaign for free quality public education for all.

Support the Chilean student uprising for free, quality education for all

Fight against neoliberal policies in education

September 7, 2011

Statement from the Bay Area Ad-Hoc Committee in support of Free, Quality Education for All in Chile

Chilean workers and students declare two-day strike

In brief

August 26, 2011

Demanding changes to education, taxes, health care, pensions and a new labor code, students and union workers took part in a two-day strike on Aug. 24.

Chilean students organize and fight back

Demand equitable education system

August 11, 2011

Tens of thousands of Chilean students, workers, and teachers have been resisting Chilean President Sebastian Pinera’s “free market” attacks on education.

Chileans protest US imperialism, demand apology

In brief

March 24, 2011

Several hundred Chileans took part in protests in their national capital, Santiago de Chile, during the days leading up to U.S. Pres. Barack Obama’s visit.

Chilean miners victims of capitalism

Bosses withhold pay from trapped workers

September 10, 2010

Since Aug. 5, 33 workers in the San José mine in Chile have been trapped several thousand feet below ground following a cave-in. While it was initially assumed that they died in the disaster, a drill discovered the miners alive on Aug.

Chilean workers win union victory

In brief

January 8, 2010

On Jan. 5, union workers at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine won a new 38-month wage contract ending a series of strikes and stoppages. In early December, workers walked out and barricaded the mine in protest over likely cuts in wages, benefits and vacation time.

Copper miners in Chile force bosses to back down

In brief

December 12, 2009

On Dec. 9, union workers at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine walked out, protesting proposed wage and benefit cuts by state-run Codelco, the world's largest copper producer. Negotiations over a new contract, stalled on Dec.

Copper miners in Chile force bosses to back down

In brief

December 4, 2009

On Dec. 9, union workers at Chile's Chuquicamata copper mine walked out, protesting proposed wage and benefit cuts by state-run Codelco, the world's largest copper producer. Negotiations over a new contract, stalled on Dec.

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