Abutting Santiago's bustling artery Alameda, Chile's most historic colonial building the Iglesia San Francisco overlooks the traffic below, a stately structure lost in time.

Published in the summer of 1991, Sebastião Salgado's photo essay "The Kuwaiti Inferno" is a virtuosic piece of work, as much a stand alone piece of art as a jarring social document.

The 6th World Summit on Arts and Culture is coming to Chile in 2014, and officials from the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) were in the capital last week to scope out the venue for the federation's biggest global initiative.

CNN recently named Chile "one of the continent's leading locations in which to do business."

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Well-known Venezuelan actress and model Catherine Fulop is in Chile until Friday, April 19.

Every morning, before sunrise, farmers and fishermen meet with vendors on the north bank of the Río Mapocho in the Santiago borough of Recoleta.

Just a few weeks left before Chile's biggest music event of the year, Lollapalooza 2013, hits the stage for eager concert goers.

Sixty-one different groups are set to perform at Lollapalooza Chile 2013 (April 6 and 7), Chile's largest music festival. In this series we'll give you information about some of the artists that the event will feature

Sixty-one different groups are set to perform at Lollapalooza Chile 2013 (April 6 and 7), Chile's largest music festival. In this series we'll give you information about some of the artists that the event will feature.

This is the city's "green lung" and the best place to appreciate the true dimensions of the capital.