Since its return to democracy in 1990, Chile has been an active participant in the regional and international arena. Chile assumed a two-year non-permanent position on the UN Security Council in January 2003 and was re-elected to the council in October 2013. It is also an active member of the UN family of agencies, serving as a member of the Commission on Human Rights and participating in UN peacekeeping activities. Chile hosted the second Summit of the Americas in 1998, was the chair of the Rio Group in 2001, hosted the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in 2002, and the APEC summit and related meetings in 2004. In 2005 it hosted the Community of Democracies ministerial conference. It is an associate member of Mercosur and a full member of APEC. The OECD agreed to invite Chile to be among four countries to open discussions in becoming an official member.
Madre de Dios Island is an uninhabited island in the Magallanes Region, Chile. It is located west of the Trinidad Channel and Concepción Channel. Madre de Dios Island is composed partly of limestone and has several natural caves. In one of those caves, called the "Cave of the Whales", skeletons of whales 2600 to 3500 years old have been discovered 10 to 30 meters above sea level. In another cave, named Cueva del Pacifico, rock art was discovered in 2006. Many other caves near the coast were used by the indigenous Kaweskar people for burial. One skull found dates back to 4500 years ago. Some caves were used as temporary camps. The island, along with 53 smaller nearby islands, was protected as a nature reserve in 2007.
The islands of Chile encompass the various islands that the government of Chile has sovereignty over. By far the majority of these are the islands in the south of the country. Chile has one of the world's longest coastlines, and one of the most dangerous for boats; it is more than 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) long and has at least 43,471 islands.
Santiago Dittborn Martínez-Conde is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Jorge Matías Donoso Gárate, known as Matías Donoso, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Universidad de Concepción in the Primera B de Chile.
Democratic Revolution is a Chilean centre-left to left-wing political party, founded in 2012 by some of the leaders of the 2011 Chilean student protests, most notably the current Deputy Giorgio Jackson, who is also the most popular public figure of the party. Their principles are based on advocating for participative democracy and the overcoming of neoliberalism in Chile.
Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera, also known as Tomás Barrios, is a Chilean professional tennis player. Barrios has a career high ATP rankings in singles of World No. 93 achieved on 15 January 2024 and in doubles of World No. 217 achieved on 28 February 2022.
Apruebo Dignidad was a democratic socialist Chilean electoral coalition officially created on 11 January 2021, by the Broad Front and Chile Digno in preparation for the Constitutional Convention election.
Paula Ximena Quintana Meléndez was a Chilean sociologist, academic, and politician. From 2012 to 2016 she served as a councilor for Valparaíso commune. From 2008 to 2010 she was Minister of Planning in the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.
Marcela Cubillos Sigall is a Chilean politician and lawyer, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI). She was Minister of State in Education and Environment portfolios from 2018 to 2020, during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
Julio Isamit Díaz is a Chilean politician and lawyer. In 2006, he was part of the Pingüino Movement (2006).
Nivia Palma Manríquez is a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as minister of national assets. She is known for having a critical opinion to the Concertación, a centre-leftist coalition which governed during 20 years.
Javiera Alejandra Toro Cáceres is a Chilean politician and lawyer who currently serves as Minister of National Assets.
Marcela Alejandra Ríos Tobar is a Chilean politician and sociologist who served as Chile's Minister of Justice from March 2022 to January 2023 when she resigned due to a controversy surrounding pardons for protesters.
Jorge Arturo Dip Calderón is a Chilean lawyer and politician, governor of the province of Valparaíso between 2016 and 2018. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Party.
Alejandra María Bravo Hidalgo is a Chilean politician, who was active in the Independent Regionalist Party (PRI) until its dissolution in 2018. She served as president of the party between 2015 and 2018.
The 2023 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023, was the 93rd season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and ended on 9 December 2023.
The Convenios case is an ongoing political scandal in Chile about the discretionary contracting of politically connected non-governmental organizations (NGO) by regional government entities. The scandal began with the Democracia Viva case named after the NGO Democracia Viva but was subsumed into a larger scandal as more similar cases were uncovered. It is the first large corruption scandal to affect the ruling coalition since Gabriel Boric became president in March 2022.
Joaquín Tuma Zedán is a Chilean politician who served as Deputy for his country.
