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Chile’s fight against nature: Floods and forest fires engulf the country

If there is a powerful opponent it is certainly nature. So far this year, Chile has been living tough times. The South American country has struggled with damages provoked by unpredictable and devastating weather. Flash floods ...

by Carlos Arturo

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Fighting Pinochet’s Ghost

General Augusto Pinochet’s grip over Chile’s political life did not disappear on the night of October 5 1988, when Chileans voted against his confirmation at the country’s helm and brought a 15–years-long dictators...

by Leonardo Goi

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Confessions of a global nomad: Behind the glories of travelling

As a university student, I was frustrated with conforming to rigid norms and traditional ways of learning, so I needed to do something different. I had a point to prove, though I was not exactly sure what it was.

by Helen Leung

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Chile’s Student Uprising: ‘There’s a Story to Be Told’

British-Chilean documentary filmmaker Pablo Navarrete is working alongside his father, Roberto Navarrete, on an independent documentary about the Chilean student movement. They recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on...

by Silvia Viñas

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Five atrocities still defended in the present day

Atrocities have filled our media outlets for decades. Yet despite evidence, many are either ignored or defended by leading academics and national officials, causing human rights violations to go largely unnoticed. “As hum...

by Joe Strong

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Snowden, the NSA, and Latin America: Beyond the headlines

If you were to read only the headlines of US news covering the controversy surrounding Edward Snowden and the NSA’s surveillance in Latin America over the last two weeks, it would be easy to think that Latin America was a ...

by Anita Chan

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WATCH: How Advertising Overthrew a Dictatorship

In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet faced international pressure to call a referendum on his presidency. Below is a trailer for the film “NO”, the true story of a marketing campaign which sparked a...

by Natasha Lipman

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Chile’s fight against nature: Floods and forest fires engulf the country

Fighting Pinochet’s Ghost

Confessions of a global nomad: Behind the glories of travelling

Chile’s Student Uprising: ‘There’s a Story to Be Told’

Five atrocities still defended in the present day

Snowden, the NSA, and Latin America: Beyond the headlines

WATCH: How Advertising Overthrew a Dictatorship

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