Key Points — President José Antonio Kast’s approval fell to 33.3% with 53.3% disapproval in the Pulso Ciudadano poll released April 19 — down from 59% at inauguration on March 11, making this the steepest first-month decline of any Chilean president in modern polling history — The collapse was driven by a historic fuel price […]

The post Chile’s New President Lost a Third of His Support in 40 Days — Here’s Why appeared first on The Rio Times.

Hormuz Reopened: Iran Declares Strait “Completely Open,” Brent Crashes 9% Below $90, WTI Hits $83 Intraday — Trump: “Deal Is Close,” Claims Iran Will Suspend Nuclear Programme and Ship 441kg Uranium to US — Tehran: “Nothing Is Certain Yet” — Petrobras Crashes ~7%, Ibovespa Falls Third Straight Session to 195,733 (−0.55%), but Real Strengthens to […]

The post Latin American Pulse for Saturday, April 18, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Key Points — Peru’s Interior Minister José Zapata ordered an immediate reinforcement of the southern border in Tacna after Chile launched its first deportation flight, deploying 135 police officers — 100 of them transferred from Cusco, Ica, Arequipa, and Puno — The deployment includes motorized patrols, ATVs, drones for real-time aerial surveillance, and 10 illumination […]

The post The Domino Effect: Chile’s Deportation Flight Triggers Peru’s Border Lockdown appeared first on The Rio Times.

Key Points — A Chilean Air Force Boeing 737 departed Thursday morning from Santiago with 40 irregular migrants aboard — 19 Colombians, 12 Bolivians, and 9 Ecuadorians — in the Kast government’s first deportation flight, five weeks after taking office — Of the 40 expelled, 25 were removed on administrative orders and 15 on judicial […]

The post Chile’s Kast Launches First Deportation Flight as 2,180 Venezuelans Self-Deport appeared first on The Rio Times.

Key Points — At least 108,838 people were murdered across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025, with contract killings accounting for a growing share in countries from Colombia to Peru — In Bogotá, half of all homicides are now classified as sicariato — professional hits carried out as outsourced services between criminal networks, with […]

The post How Latin America Turned Murder Into a Flourishing Global Industry appeared first on The Rio Times.

Key Points — Chile’s President José Antonio Kast used his first national broadcast on Wednesday evening to unveil the Proyecto de Ley de Reconstrucción y Desarrollo Económico y Social, a package of 40-plus measures centered on cutting the corporate tax rate from 27% to 23%, reinstating a 25-year tax invariability guarantee for long-term investment, and […]

The post Chile’s Kast Unveils Sweeping Tax and Investment Megareform on TV appeared first on The Rio Times.

Pedro Piscal pisco is latest Chilean brand to resemble a Hollywood name – and others have fought off the lawsuits

The actor Pedro Pascal is waging a legal battle against a Chilean pisco merchant who has chosen a cheeky name for his brand of the country’s national spirit: Pedro Piscal.

David Herrera registered the brand name with a Chilean commercial regulator in 2023 and began selling his pisco in off-licences and restaurants.

By Circles Robinson HAVANA TIMES – Today we feature the Duo Pajarito (Vocalists Fiona Murillo y Amaia de Arteagabeitia) from

The post Duo Pajarito – Song of the Day appeared first on Havana Times.

Vanessa Kaiser proposed eliminating the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality in order to create, in its place, a Ministry of Men in Chile.

The post Chile and a New Chapter in the “Culture War” appeared first on Havana Times.

Today we feature the “Duo Pajarito” from Chile with the Chabuca Granda song “Street Carnaval” released in 2023.

The post Duo Pajarito – Song of the Day appeared first on Havana Times.

Many of us reject animal cruelty disguised as sport, and we do not accept that public authorities legitimize practices as abhorrent as rodeo.

The post Rodeo Isn’t a Sport, It’s a Crime Under Chile’s Penal Code appeared first on Havana Times.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled a planned trip to Chile to attend José Antonio Kast’s inauguration on Wednesday and will instead be represented at the ceremony by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. Brazilian officials said the change was due to “scheduling reasons.”