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Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never went away 19 décembre 2025 à 11:00

Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never went away

Par :Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

19 décembre 2025 à 11:00

Experts say José Antonio Kast able to ‘reactivate a dormant Pinochetism’ and warn more education needed on ‘horrors of dictatorship’

Confident in his popularity, the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet called a plebiscite in 1988 asking the population whether they approved extending his 15-year-long bloody rule for a further eight years.

A young José Antonio Kast, then a 22-year-old law student, joined the yes campaign, saying in a TV advert that he was convinced the regime was acting “for the direct benefit of all of us young people”.

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At least three authors withdraw from Hay festival in protest at Machado invite 16 décembre 2025 à 18:17

At least three authors withdraw from Hay festival in protest at Machado invite

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Par :Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

16 décembre 2025 à 18:17

Writers cited Machado’s support for Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

At least three writers have withdrawn from next month’s Hay festival in Cartagena, Colombia, in protest at an invitation extended to the Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado.

The main reason cited by them is Machado’s support for Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro and her comments in favour of a potential US military intervention in the Caribbean country.

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How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy 16 décembre 2025 à 11:00

How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

The Guardian

Par :Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

16 décembre 2025 à 11:00

Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Six international airlines had suspended flights to Venezuela over the risk of possible US military strikes when an ultra-long-haul executive jet from São Paulo, Brazil, landed calmly in Caracas.

On board that flight on 23 November was the Brazilian meat tycoon Joesley Batista – twice jailed for corruption and whose companies have a long record of environmental violations. After a meeting with the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, he returned to Brazil the following day.

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