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Reports on the arrest of General Manuel Contrera, the director of military intelligence during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, in January 28, 2005 after failing to appear before a judge to begin serving his 12-year prison sentence for his role in the disappearance of a young leftist presumed to have been killed in 1975.

Reports that retired Chilean general, Augusto Pinochet, has been formally placed under house arrest after a Supreme Court ruling which claims that the general is fit to stand trial.

Reports on the decision of the Chile Supreme Court to upheld a judge's ruling that former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, is competent to stand trial on charges of murder and kidnapping.

Comments on the efforts of the government in Chile to make the country bilingual by encouraging Chileans to learn and speak the English language. Launch of the program "English Opens Doors" calling for all Chilean elementary and high school students to be able to pass a standardized listening and reading test; Comparison with other Latin American countries in terms of the use and acquisition of the English language; Social, cultural and economic implications.

Focuses on the lead of Soledad Alvear and Michelle Bachelet in the competition for the presidential nomination in Chile. Experience of both the women in government service; Platform for cultural change and a humanization of politics.

Traces how former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet accumulated huge sums of money that later wound up at Riggs Bank. Receipt of "commissions from service and travel abroad"; Kickbacks from insiders involved in the privatization of state-owned enterprises; Investigation undertaken by Chilean authorities.

Reports that an official commission investigating the systematic practice of torture and political detention under the 1973-1990 dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet delivered its final report to President Ricardo Lagos in November 2004.

Reports on Mapuche Indians' struggle to take back forests and lands in southern Chile. Mapuche people's complaint of false land titles and damage to the environment; Mapuche Indians' conflict with corporate interest; International protests over the trial of Mapuche leaders.

Reports on the financial performance of the Chilean airline LanChile during the third quarter of 2003. Increase in profits; Rise in share prices; Percentage of business accounted for by caro; Prospects for additional growth in the export of items with a free trade between Chile and the United States scheduled to take effect in January 2004.

EVEN now, nearly four years after I first stood on its shores, Lago Todos los Santos, abutting the foothills of the Andes in southern Chile, sometimes invades my dreams. More than once, I have awakened with images of the lake's constantly shifting colors and the snow-capped volcanoes and sweet-smelling forests that ring it still vivid in my head. I first spotted Lago Todos los Santos, shaped like a long, crooked finger, from the flanks of Osorno, an 8,700-foot high volcano that overlooks the lake's western end, on Dec. 10, 2006. I was then The New York Times bureau chief in Brazil, and had convinced my wife that we should take a short trip and trade the heat and clamor of Rio de Janeiro for Chile's Lake District and its refreshing coolness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information regarding tourist attractions of Pucón, Chile. Snowcovered Mount Villarrica is said to be amongst major tourist sites of the area. It also refers to various famous hotels, resorts, and restaurants for staying and hanging out including Gran Hotel Pucón and Hotel Antumalal.

The article offers information on the efforts made by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in effacing political corruption and improving the transportation system in Santiago, Chile. Bachelet, after being sworn in as the president, appointed many inexperienced ministers into the cabinet to keep her pledge of gender parity and generational change in government appointments. The inexperienced ministers were replaced during a cabinet reshuffle announced by Bachelet on March 26, 2007.

The article presents information related to the social image of Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile who died in December 2006. The dictator was facing the prospect of trials for human rights abuses when he died. The closest associates of Pinochet have seized upon his death as an opportunity to rehabilitate his tattered image.

The article reports that the government of Chile has recommended certain changes to the pension system prevalent in Chile. The changes include a guaranteed minimum pension for the poorest citizens of the country. The proposal for changes also contain measures for stimulating competition, reducing the high costs to contributors and the high profits for pension fund administrators.

The article reports that Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, is pushing to invalidate an amnesty law that for nearly 30 years exempted General Augusto Pinochet and his subordinates from prosecution on murder and torture charges. Pinochet's dictatorship was responsible for the deaths of at least 3,200 people and the torture of 28,000 more.

The article reports that President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has made the morning-after pills available free of cost at state-run hospitals. This measure has led to many complaints and challenges because Chile is one of the most socially conservative countries in the world. There is a fury among the opponents of this policy as girls who are as young as 14 are given an access to this emergency contraception without needing any notification to their parents.

The article reports that the death of Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, has left many legal and political questions unresolved. Victims of human rights abuses of the dictator expressed frustration that he had died without standing trial. Questions were also raised regarding what would happen to the numerous criminal cases that were opened against him and his subordinates.

The article reports on how rugby professional Nando Parrado braved and survived an Uruguayan Air Force plane crash in the Andes Mountains in October 1972. He is one of the 16 survivors of the tragedy. The accident occurred when Nando was carrying his team to a match in Chile. Parrado lost his players and family members in the tragic accident. As there was no food to eat, Parrado allowed other survivors to consume the flesh of his mother and sister.

The article reports that after 30 years of assassination of former Foreign Minister of Chile Orlando Letelier and an American colleague on the streets of Washington on September 21, 1976, investigators are seeking U.S. files related to the case, so that Chile's former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, can be implicated in the killings. Letelier was one of the most visible leaders of the opposition to the dictatorship of Pinochet.

The article focuses on the problems faced by the truckers en route from Santiago in Chile to Mendoza in Argentina during winter.

The article focuses on the debate surrounding a proposal to build a bridge connecting the island of Chiloé to the mainland of Chile.

The article reports that the Andes population is objecting the Chilean government's approval of the mining project, Pascualama, for extracting gold from the region.

The article reports that Chile has inaugurated its first woman President Michelle Bachelet.

The article presents information about the restoration of the mausoleum of Bernardo O'Higgins, the hero of Chilean independence, to civilian control.

The article features judge Juan Guzmáan Tapia and his encounters with various major commercial and criminal cases in Chile.

The article reports on the election of female presidents by voters in countries like Liberia and Chile.

The article reports that Michelle Bachelet, who defeated conservative billionaire businessman Sebastián Piñera, became the first woman president in Chile. Bachelet, which had 53.5 percent of the vote, is a candidate of left center coalition of Socialists and Christian Democrats.

The article reports on the upcoming election of a new president in Chile, introducing presidential candidates pediatrician Michelle Bachelet and billionaire Sebastián Pinera.

The article reports on the agreement between presidential candidates Michelle Bachelet, a Socialist and Sebastaá Piñera, a businessman and a conservative on the need to repair privatized pension system in Chile.

The article states that two presidential candidates Michelle Bachelet and Sebastián Piñera are leading in the ballots counting in Chile.

The article presents information about the Presidential election in Chile which will take place on Sunday.

Reports on the detention of the wife and son of General Augusto Pinochet, the former president of Chile, after a judge ordered them detained in connection with a tax fraud investigation of secret bank accounts that General Pinochet opened in an American bank.

Focuses on the achievements of Douglas Tompkins, owner of Pumalin Park in Chile.

Reports on the discovery of weapons and intelligence files by the authorities in Chile during their search for victims of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship who are said to be buried at the enclave of a secretive, apocalyptic religious cult of German émigrés.

Reports on the increasing scarcity of alerce trees in Alerce, Chile due to the predatory cutting and burning of trees.

Reports that Colonia Dignidad in Chile, the secretive paramilitary religious sect and a German colony now renamed Villa Baviera, has tried to managed without help, after its cult founder, Paul Schäfer, the guru of sadism and a former Luftwaffe medical officer, was arrested in March 2005, accused of sexually abusing boys at the colony.

Reports on the election of José Miguel Insulza, a Chilean Socialist as the new secretary general of the Organization of American States in Santiago, Chile.

Reports on the selection of Chilean Interior Minister José Miguel Insulza as head of the Organization of American States.

Reports on the order of the Chilean court for the release of deposed former president General Augusto Pinochet from house arrest to face new cases filed against him. Implication of Pinochet to the assassination of Gen. Carlos Prats of the Chilean Army in 1974; Details of the Operation Condor where six of South America's military regime led by Chile hunted down and killed political opponents; Allegations against Pinochet for depositing money in U.S. banks from laundered and ill-gotten money.

Explores the legalization of divorce in Chile. Identification of grounds for divorce; Notification of an offending spouse about divorce proceedings; Description of the new law.

Reports on the results of a system in Chile in which millions of people began to pay 10 percent of their salaries to private investment accounts that they controlled rather than financing pensions through a system to which workers, employers and the government all contributed. Reference to the Chilean plan by President Bush as a model for his plans to overhaul Social Security; Report that Chileans are finding that the new system is falling far short of what was originally advertised; Necessity of the government directing billions of dollars to the program as a safety net for those whose contributions were not large enough to ensure even a minimum pension approaching $140 a month; Many people who are not covered by the system; Comparison of the small pensions offered by the new system with the larger pensions offered under a traditional system.

Reports on the authorization for the release of General Augusto Pinochet from house arrest in Chile. Court ruling regarding the fitness of the former dictator to stain trial of kidnapping and murder; Removal of the immunity from prosecution.

Reports on the rule of the judge that former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial for human rights abuses. Details of the charges against Pinochet; Importance of Pinochet's legal travails in establishing new principles of accountability in national and international law; Impact of the issues involving Pinochet on Chileans; Political implications of Pinochet's case.

Reports on planned constitutional reform in Chile. Provisions under the constitutional reform plan; Efforts to dismantle the authoritarian governing structure; Impact of the reform on civilian rule.

Reports that a Chilean judge ruled that General Augusto Pinochet was competent to stand trial for human rights abuses that occurred during his years as Chile's dictator and charged him with one charge of murder and nine of kidnapping. Details of the ruling by Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia, who ordered that Pinochet be placed under house arrest; Statement by Guzmán; Background on the charges, which stem from an international alliance called Operation Condor; Reactions of Chilean officials; How the decision reversed earlier court rulings that allowed Pinochet to avoid charges of human rights abuses; Background on Operation Condor. INSET: Preparing to Stand Trial.

Reports that General Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, received multimillion-dollar payments from the governments of several countries, including the United States, during his 25-year tenure as Chile's ruler and military chief. Evidence from documents recently uncovered during a Senate committee investigation into suspected money laundering at Riggs bank; Highlights from the documents; Reference to two pivotal events for Chile in 1976, the year General Pinochet received his $3 million payment from the U.S., including a wide-ranging campaign in Chile to kill exiled political opponents.

Reports on the release of the document of an official commission investigating torture in Chile. Identification of main forms of torture; Appearance of a report about the findings in the daily newspaper "La Tercera"; Expansion of the number of sites where kidnapped prisoners had been held or killed.

Reports on security dispute during the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush to Chile. Cause of the dispute; Impact of the dispute on the relation between Chile and the U.S.; Comments of both parties on the dispute.

Reports on the demonstration conducted against U.S. President George W. Bush, who attended the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Santiago, Chile. Estimation on the number of participants; Expression of criticism for the Iraq War; Method of dispersing the crowd.