Eva Vergara

December 08, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Members of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation celebrate after lawmakers approved legislation legalizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples in Santiago, Chile.

By Eva Vergara

2 minute read

November 17, 2021 | Daily Business Review

The vote came less than a week before the first round of Chile's election to choose a successor for President Sebastian Piñera, whose term ends March 11.

By Eva Vergara

3 minute read

November 09, 2021 | Daily Business Review

Chile President Sebastián Piñera will get a trial in the nation's Senate over whether to remove him due to allegations he favored the sale of a family property while in office.

By Eva Vergara

3 minute read

June 25, 2019 | Daily Business Review

During the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, at least 3,095 people were killed, according to government figures, and tens of thousands more were tortured or jailed for political reasons.

By Eva Vergara

6 minute read

September 04, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Michelle Bachelet is often seen smiling, chatting easily or tossing unplanned comments or jokes into her speeches. But behind her good humor lie haunting memories of the brutal dictatorship that tore her family apart.

By Eva Vergara

6 minute read

September 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Violeta Zuniga gets around with a cane because of her knee problems, but nothing can keep the 83-year-old from performing Chile's national dance to protest her partner's disappearance during the country's military dictatorship.

By Eva Vergara, Associated Press

5 minute read

April 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Victims of a secretive German colony in Chile hope that Germany's decision to declassify documents will help shine light on human rights abuses committed there.

By Eva Vergara, Associated Press

4 minute read

December 01, 2011 | Law.com

A judge investigating abuses during Chile's dictatorship is seeking the extradition of former U.S. Navy Capt. Ray E. Davis on murder charges in the 1973 killing of two Americans, including one whose disappearance was the focus of the film "Missing," court officials said Tuesday.

By Eva Vergara

3 minute read