Getting to Puerto Varas is easiest by plane from Chile's capital, Santiago, to the nearby El Tepual Airport. It is just outside of the city of Puerto Montt, 13 miles away from Puerto Varas.

Chilean authorities on Sunday issued two evacuation alerts for the southern region of La Araucanía as wildfires raged. At least one person has died. The country's government said the move aims to ...

Port cities shipped saltpeter to Europe and other parts of the world and imported goods, including textiles and coal. Between 1880 and 1930, "Chile literally lived off one product: saltpetre ...

Carlos Vidal is still shoveling rubble that used to be his home a year after the deadliest wildfires in Chile's history tore ...

We spent our first week in Chile touring the capital city of Santiago and visiting the beautiful and historic coastal city of Valparaiso. A map of South America reveals the unique shape of Chile ...