The widespread blackout was caused by a transmission line failure in the country's north, Interior Minister Carolina Toha said, ruling out a cyber attack as a cause.

With 70 per cent of the world’s telescopes, Chile truly is the world capital of astronomy. Visit some of the world's most technologically advanced observatories and stargaze beneath some of the ...

People sit inside a restaurant in Santiago, the capital of Chile, that was affected by Tuesday afternoon's nationwide power outage. Chile, a country of some 20 million people, boasts one of the ...

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 ...

including Chile's capital of Santiago, where authorities said there would be no subway service until further notice. The country's electricity distributor, Saesa, which serves more than a million ...