{
  "id": 6894064,
  "title": "Southern Cone Briefing: Chile’s Supreme Court Expels Eleven of Its Own Judges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/southern-cone-briefing-chiles-supreme-court-expels-eleven-of-its-own",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T08:35:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/southern-cone-briefing-chile-judges-argentina-inflation-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chile's Supreme Court removed eleven of its own judges without citing corruption or misconduct. The judges had traveled abroad while on medical leave. The removals came from the full bench of the Corte Suprema, using its constitutional disciplinary power. Three were approved on Thursday and eight more on Friday. Judges are required to maintain good behavior, and each removal needed at least eleven approving votes. Most proposals fell short. The scale of the exercise varied, with reports of 56 to 58 proceedings opened. The names of the removed judges were not disclosed. Separately, a former prosecutor was placed in preventive detention for orchestrating an extortive kidnapping of Chinese nationals. The government of President José Antonio Kast, elected in March 2026, marked its first coup anniversary without an official ceremony. The economy showed signs of weakening, with inflation near 4% and the growth forecast for 2026 reduced to 0.25% to 0.75%. Inflation was at 1.7% in August, the lowest monthly reading since June 2025. The Merval stock index fell about 2% in peso terms. President Kast's administration considered suspending the upcoming PASO primaries to improve President Javier Milei's re-election chances. Paraguay enacted a maximum eight-year sentence for juvenile offenders following a conviction of a 17-year-old for the 2025 killing of a pregnant teenager.",
  "summary": "Chile's Supreme Court removed eleven judges who travelled abroad on sick leave. Argentine inflation hit a 14-month low. What moved across the Southern Cone. The post Southern Cone Briefing: Chile’s Supreme Court Expels Eleven of Its Own Judges appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}