Chile’s President Gabriel Boric travelled to Antarctica’s South Pole on Friday, a place where no other Latin American president has set foot, according to the Chilean government. Boric led the ...

By Eve Sampson Chile’s president visited the South Pole on Friday in a bid to fortify his country’s territorial claims to part of Antarctica, as competition in the region is growing bit by bit.

Mr Boric is thought to be the first sitting head of government from the Americas to reach the South Pole. He was accompanied by his environment and defence ministers, the three heads of Chile’s ...

Boric arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Friday, where the temperature sat at more than 20 degrees below zero. Advertisement The president's trip was meant to reinforce Chile's claim ...

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday became the first Latin American leader and the third worldwide to reach the South Pole, thus consolidating his country's commitment to Antarctica.