Chilean opposition lawmakers launch impeachment proceedings against President Sebastian Pinera over possible irregularities in the sale of a mining company revealed in the so-called Pandora Papers.

One person dies and 17 others are injured as riot police clash with protesters during a rally by the indigenous Mapuche community in the Chilean capital.

The United Nations condemned violent attacks and xenophobia taken out by Chileans participating in anti-immigration demonstrations against Venezuelan migrants.

The son of a Chilean indigenous leader is shot dead by police in the restive Araucania province, raising fears of renewed tensions in the region amid efforts to improve relations between the state and its native people.

Chile chooses an indigenous woman, Elisa Loncon, to head the body in charge of re-writing the constitutional law of the South American nation.

10-men Brazil have sealed a spot in the semifinals of the Copa America after edging past Chile 1-nil in Rio de Janeiro.

Paraguay have booked a place in the last 8 of the Copa America.

The people of Venezuela and Bolivia will not be subjugated nor submit themselves to the will of the United States and its allies, who seek to steal their land and their resources and their wealth in plain sight.

Braving heavy rain, people gather on the shores of Lake Villarrica in Pucon, Chile, to see a solar eclipse which plunges the surrounding area into darkness. "It was beautiful, unique.

The moon slowly covers the sun over Argentina's Neuquen province ahead of a total eclipse of the sun.