Chile's worst blackout in well over a decade struck on Tuesday afternoon, leaving millions without power. President Gabriel Boric blamed private companies that manage the grid for the system's failure. "This is outrageous! The daily life of millions of ...

Citizens in Chile are getting back to normal after a nationwide power outage affected millions of people and a "state of emergency" gets lifted as officials point fingers at energy providers.

Carolina Tohá Tuesday turned in her resignation as Chile's Minister of the Interior to focus on her presidential bid, she announced.

Chilean Leader Gabriel Boric along with German Leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier negotiated about the conflict in Ukraine, worldwide trade

Most residents had power restored by midnight but the situation remained unstable. President Gabriel Boric blamed power companies for not acting faster.

Chile's centre-left interior minister Carolina Tohá announces her bid for presidency, with opposition still dominating early polls.

Power has been restored to most of Chile’s 19 million people after the nation’s most disruptive blackout in 15 years

President Gabriel Boric’s popularity was unscathed by Chile’s biggest blackout in over a decade, as the nation works to find those responsible for a rare failure that left most of the population in the dark and halted the world’s largest copper mines.

Chilean hard-right presidential contender Johannes Kaiser is now tied with Evelyn Matthei, who is widely considered the frontrunner, according to a new poll that marks a shock development in this year’s contest.

Chile’s president has declared a state of emergency after an electricity blackout plunged most of the country into darkness on Tuesday, including the capital Santiago.

Chilean authorities said they restored power to most homes on Wednesday, hours after a massive, rare blackout caused transport chaos in the capital and forced the president to declare a state of emergency and curfew across much of the country.

Power was restored to most of Chile’s 19 million people after the country’s most disruptive blackout in 15 years, the government said. Authorities lifted a strict curfew imposed when the outage left 98% of the population without electricity.