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Gabriel Boric

Fields of pata de guanaco flowers bloom across the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.

Chile tries to protect its 'flowering desert' from climate change, tourists

Environment

Parts of the Atacama Desert have turned into a blooming carpet of flowers — an incredible sight that only happens a couple of times every decade. To protect the phenomenon, Chile's president has announced the creation of a new national park.

Chile tries to protect its 'flowering desert' from climate change, tourists
Chile's President Gabriel Boric speaks during a ceremony introducing new cabinet members, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile

Chileans categorically reject a new, progressive constitution

Elections
Chileans categorically reject a new, progressive constitution
Avocado plantations in Petorca, Chile

Chileans have long struggled with a water crisis. Management practices are partly to blame, study says.

Environment
Chileans have long struggled with a water crisis. Management practices are partly to blame, study says.
The World

What Chile's Student Movement Did Next

Conflict & Justice
What Chile's Student Movement Did Next