LatamPolitik: Chile’s Leeway, Mercosur, and The Audacity of Bukele
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Leeway for Chile
What’s old: Chileans have withdrawn more than $37.5 billion from their pension funds since the pandemic began. (That’s more than Paraguay’s entire GDP.) Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has tried (and failed) to stop Chile’s Congress from approving bills that allow these pension withdrawals. At one point, …