The 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook buildings in the capital.

A stricken solo yachtsman in distress has been plucked to safety by a cargo ship.

A deal to allow for 14 flights a week to Colombia has been signed and more agreements are in the pipeline.

All things Russian and Indian are popular, as are Brazilian corporate bonds and Mexico's cheap peso.

A powerful earthquake shook southern Chile on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths and only minor known damage.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Argentina, according to the US Geological Survey.

Chilean-born Rod Vargas is the Latin American specialist for Tempo Holidays.

For the third time ever, rescue workers have successfully evacuated someone from the South Pole during the brutal Antarctic winter.

Chile's capital is an unsung city. Unjustly, says Paul Clements, who took a bicycle tour of its liveliest localities.

As the weather begins to warm up, let's relax and fantasize about some of the best pools the world has to offer.

Immigration admits it made mistakes after a Chilean woman was sent home on the suspicion she would earn money babysitting her 3-year-old niece.

Air New Zealand will shut down Dreamliners completely every three months after tests by Boeing exposed problems.

LAN is optimistic about growth prospects at home and in Australia, despite sluggish economic conditions in both places.

Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10km into the sky.

In Chile’s beautiful landscape, inspired chefs are bringing the country’s traditional recipes back to life, discovers Rocky Casale.

Chilean mountaineers have found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago.

Mario Sepulveda is weeping. Amid the clatter and din of the building site where he works in the Chilean capital of Santiago, Sepulveda's voice can hardly be heard as it comes in great heaving sobs.

After scaling three of the world's highest peaks from sea-level, Auckland sports teacher Dave Williams is looking forward to a second crack at "one that got away."

Trekking through Puyehue National Park in Chile tests Derek Cheng's tenacity.

If you're planning to trade Chilean stocks during the World Cup, forget it.

An activist in Chile has burnt documents representing NZ$580 million worth of student debt during a protest at Universidad del Mar.

A huge fire has engulfed a Chilean port city registered as a World Heritage site for its historic collection of wooden buildings and railways.

A wealthy Chilean has amassed an impressive but chilling display, writes Christopher Adams.

It is not illegal to kill an animal in New Zealand as long as it is done humanely, which includes bludgeoning bobby calves with hefty objects, Mid Canterbury SPCA inspector John Keeley says.

A New Zealand dairy company is reportedly being investigated by Chilean authorities over allegations it inhumanely slaughtered thousands of calves it couldn't use for milk production.

In 1834, Darwin noted the astonishing array of potatoes on Chiloé, the genetic source of 90 per cent of the world's varieties. But the island off Chile has been slow to cash in on its gastronomic heritage – until now.