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From sleek restaurants to a charcoal burner’s desert home, a look at the striking past works of the Chilean architect who will design the 2014 Serpentine pavilion ...

Scientists have discovered a network of caves on a remote island off the coast of south-west Chile ...

Vice-president says government of Nicolás Maduro does not respect basic rights Ed Pilkington Chris Taylor ...

Andrew Halcrow's second attempt to circumnavigate the globe single-handed thwarted as storm damages boat near Cape Horn A Scottish solo round-the-world yachtsman has been rescued after his boat was badly damaged in a storm off the tip of South America. Andrew Halcrow, 54, was west of Cape Horn on his second attempt to circumnavigate the globe single-handed when the mast of the Elsi Arrub snapped on...

Tens of thousands of people have fled to higher ground after a major earthquake off the coast of Chile. Tsunami warning sirens were set off when a magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit at a depth of approximately 10km off the Pacific coast of the north of Chile. In videos taken shortly after the alert, people could be seen fleeing through the streets and climbing to hilltops. Authorities said the tsunami alert...

CCTV cameras in a shop in Arica, Chile, capture the moments an 8.2 undersea earthquake strikes. Goods fall from the shelves as people run for safety and are ushered out by shop floor staff. Following the quake, a tsunami warning has been issued and thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Chile after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake off the north coast of the country. Video posted to YouTube purports to show a tsunami warning siren in the town of Antofagasta. Authorities have requested the 'preventive evacuation' of the country's northern coastline. The US Geological Survey says the quake was very shallow...

s 1973 coup, hopes role will inspire other women The daughter of deposed Chilean president Salvador Allende will become the first woman to lead the country's senate. MPs of president-elect Michelle Bachelet's New Majority party chose Isabel Allende as their leader on Thursday. She takes up her new post on 11 March after Bachelet...

s National Museum of Natural History, told the BBC: "We found extinct creatures such as walrus whales – dolphins that evolved a walrus-like face. And then there were these bizarre aquatic sloths. "To me, it...

s tale of a family man victimised by a local thug is imbued with menace One of the few films you might say makes a plausible case for murder, Alejandro Fernández Almendras's third feature throws a placid family man into a situation we normally associate with the schoolyard: bullying. Jorge (Daniel Candia) is a bit like an overgrown kid himself – a portly, easygoing beta male in a run-down Chilean suburb,...

s difficult for conservative candidates to move forward because inequality is such an entrenched issue," said Ana Quintana, a Latin America expert at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. "And it's hard to implement free-market, institutional reforms when you need to make sure a significant portion of the population can get enough to eat." Latin America's right could once identify itself as pro-business...

s images expose what happens when 'you give the landscape longer to express itself' At least two guiding spirits hover around To Leave a Light Impression, the new show by British artist Darren Almond at White Cube, Bermondsey . The most obvious is Charles Darwin , in whose footsteps Almond followed to make several of his images. The other is the lesser-known Scottish nature writer, Nan Shepherd, whose...

Ethereal shots of South American landscapes taken by the light of the moon, and ancient Scottish standing stones from the Outer Hebrides, reveal Darren Almond's beautiful interactions with fragile landscapes ...

s most spectacular sights but archaeologists, environmentalists and indigenous groups are warning the 14-day event is ruining Chile's ancient heritage. Chilean government studies seen by the Guardian confirm the damage done to geoglyphs, protected sites, burial grounds and tracks on the Inca trail during previous races, but such is the race's importance for tourism that it has once again been given...

President announces measures to combat poor air quality and curb spread of diseases transmitted by rodents fleeing the fires ...

s family are contesting toxicology reports on the exhumed body of Chile's most famous poet that appeared to reveal he was not assassinated, as many have believed since his death in 1973. After seven months of forensic tests, it was announced on 8 November that no signs of poison had been found in the remains of Neruda – the man Gabriel García Márquez called "the greatest poet of the 20th century in...

s oil wealth – had powered the resurgence of the Latin American left in the 21st century. With Chávez gone, the crowds returned again and again during the following weeks either to support or condemn his successor, Nicolás Maduro, who was always going to find it difficult to fill the huge political space left by his predecessor. As some clashes turned violent, there were a handful of deaths. But despite...

s return to democracy, the president-elect, Michelle Bachelet, vowed on Monday to push ahead with an ambitious programme of tax, educational and constitutional reforms to address inequality. The centre-left politician – who secured 62% of Sunday's vote – was also expected to propose legislation on reproductive rights and same-sex marriage in this predominantly Catholic nation. In a switch of power,...

s social divisions after sweeping back to power with a huge majority in presidential elections on Sunday. The centre-left candidate won with about 62% support, the highest share of votes for any presidential candidate since the country returned to holding democratic elections in 1989. The landslide victory against Evelyn Matthei, the conservative candidate of the Alianza coalition, puts Bachelet back...

s once and future president, Michelle Bachelet, won Sunday's runoff election after promising profound changes in society in response to years of street protests. With 90% of the votes counted, Bachelet had an unbeatable 62% to 38% for the centre-right's Evelyn Matthei, who conceded defeat. A moderate socialist, Bachelet served as president in 2006-2010, then ran the United Nation's women's agency from...