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Chile Central Bank Softens 2020 Recession Projection, Expects Stabilization
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's central bank on Wednesday softened its prediction for an economic contraction in 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus on the world's top copper producer to between -4.5% and -5.5% from the 5.5% and 7.5% contraction it foresaw in June.
Chilean Indigenous Leader Ends 107-Day Hunger Strike After Deal, Says Government
By Aislinn Laing and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean indigenous leader who has spent more than 100 days on hunger strike over his detention during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to end it after negotiations with the government, the justice minister said on Tuesday.
Chile Cautiously Lifts Lockdown Lid on Capital's Center
By Aislinn Laing and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will lift one of the world's longest quarantines on Monday, moving the capital Santiago's central business district and adjoining Central Station to a "transitional" stage under a "Step by Step" reopening. "This is a very important announcement for us and one that gives us great satisfaction," Health Minister Enrique Paris told a press conference in Santiago on Wednesday.
Chile's President Pinera Removes Interior, Foreign, Defense Ministers
By Aislinn Laing and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has reshuffled six ministers, including from the key interior and foreign portfolios, as he seeks to shore up his fractious ruling coalition following a rebellion over a controversial pensions bill passed last week.
'We're Going for More' Say Chileans After Pensions Reform Crosses Free Market Rubicon
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Within minutes of Chilean lawmakers approving a bill that allows citizens to draw down 10% of their pensions to help make ends meet during the coronavirus pandemic, a phrase started trending on Twitter: "We're going for more." The bill's authors insisted the raid on the private retirement system introduced in the 1980s under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship was just an emergency measure but as it snowballed in popularity, so have the...
Chilean President Offers Middle Classes Cash to Head off Pensions Withdrawal
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday widened emergency support for middle-class citizens hit by the coronavirus-led economic shutdown to head off legislation that would allow withdrawals from the country's private pension funds. Middle-class workers will get a $630 spot payment if their income has dropped at least one-third, regardless of their current employment status.
Chile's Health Minister Announces General Quarantine for Santiago
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's health minister Jaime Manalich on Wednesday announced a general quarantine for Santiago to force down a surging rate of fresh coronavirus cases in the capital. Manalich said there had been 2,660 new cases of the virus recorded in the country overnight, a 60% increase on the previous day.
Argentine Economists See Inflation Rising, GDP Shrinking
By Aislinn Laing and Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine economists on Friday predicted a worsening recession and raised their inflation estimate to 44.4% from 40%, according to the median forecast in a monthly central bank poll. The 39 analysts surveyed from April 27 to 30 saw an economic contraction of 7.0% this year, according the median forecast, versus a 4.3% estimated contraction in the poll released a month earlier.
Chile Tops 20,000 Cases While Death, Hospitalisation Rates Plateau
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's health ministry said on Monday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had exceeded 20,000. The world's top copper producer has 20,643 confirmed cases, 980 more than the previous day, and 10 new deaths, taking the total number of fatalities to 270, said Paula Daza, the health ministry subsecretary.
'Isolated Within Isolation': Keeping Out Coronavirus in the Frozen Antarctic
A view of Fildes bay sector with bases of chilean Air Force and Navy, along with Russian base Bellighausen, Antarctica, Chile April 13, 2020. Picture taken April 13, 2020. Courtesy of Chilean Antarctic Institute-INACH/Handout via REUTERSReuters By Aislinn Laing and Cassandra Garrison SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In the frozen and desolate expanse of Antarctica, Alejandro Valenzuela Pena is used to a feeling of isolation.
Chilean Central Bank Sees More Gloom as Protests Eclipsed by Coronavirus
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Central Bank on Wednesday predicted the economy of the world´s top copper producer will contract between -1.5% and -2.5% in 2020, faulting the coronavirus pandemic for a "drastic deterioration" in its outlook. The contraction represents a sharp drop from a previous prediction for economic growth of between 0.5% and 1.5%.
Decision Time: Quarantine Spells Dilemma for Domestic Workers in Latin America
Luz Vidal, president of the SINTRACAP union which represents 500 nannies, enters the house where she works after talking whit Reuters, after Chilean government announced a total quarantine for wealthy areas of the capital Santiago, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Santiago, Chile March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan AlvaradoReuters By Aislinn Laing and Natalia A.
Chile May Postpone Referendum on New Constitution as Coronavirus Quells Protests
By Aislinn Laing and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile may postpone a referendum on a new constitution scheduled for April 26 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel said on Tuesday. The new constitution was a central demand of widespread social protests, but those have faded with the pandemic. Blumel, who did not suggest a new date for the referendum, said the government's main concern was the health of its citizens.
Coronavirus Patient Turned Away From Bolivian Hospitals
By Aislinn Laing and Danny Ramos SANTIAGO (Reuters) - One of two people confirmed to have the coronavirus in Bolivia is being sheltered in a government office after local residents and medical staff blocked her entry to up to four hospitals in a provincial city, local media and government health officials said on Wednesday night.
Chile Braces for Fresh Protests on 30th Anniversary of Return to Democracy
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera celebrated 30 years since Chile's return to democracy on Wednesday, even as scattered incidents of violence broke out across the capital alongside renewed calls for a mass protest against social injustice and inequality. Dictator Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende in September 1973.
Chilean Court Awards Damages to Father of Murdered U.S. Student Over Bungled Probe
By Aislinn Laing and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Supreme Court on Tuesday awarded $240,000 to the father of a young U.S. psychologist who was beaten to death in southern Chile, in compensation for mistakes by police and prosecutors that allowed her killer to get away. Erica Faith Hagan, 22, from Murray, Kentucky, was working as a teaching assistant in English and religious education at the Colegio Bautista school in the city of Temuco, 400 miles south of the capital Santiago.
Chilean Peso Hits Historic Low Amid Coronavirus Gloom; Government Urges Calm
By Aislinn Laing and Froilan Romero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The Chilean peso closed at a historic low on Monday, falling 1.82% to 841.50 to the dollar as fears over the global coronavirus outbreak and widespread protests continued to rattle the copper-rich South American nation. The peso has been slammed by volatility linked to the impact of the worldwide spread of the virus, which initially broke out in China.
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