EASTER ISLAND, Chile — Carlos Paoa was living in California when his sister wrote to tell him that some of the big stone statues back home on Easter Island were being set upright again and restored.

LAN Airlines launched service to Chiloe Island, becoming the first carrier to operate to the southern island in Chile. The inaugural flight departed from Santiago at 11:25 a.m. and, after a quick stop ...

Southwest of Puerto Montt, about 630 mi/1,016 km south of Santiago, Chiloe, Chile, is an archipelago of dense evergreen forests with a fascinating history. The Amerindians who lived there were am ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said. The ...

Intensive harvesting of the mollusk known as “loco” and salmon farming are damaging the seabed and reducing the biodiversity of the Guaitecas Archipelago, in northern Chilean Patagonia. To restore it, ...

A few hundred eclipse chasers flocked to Chile's Rapa Nui to see annularity from the home of the mysterious moai. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...