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Chilean Assets Slump as Government Suffers Crushing Vote Defeat


Chilean Assets Slump as Government Suffers Crushing Vote Defeat
Bloomberg
2 hrs ago
Eduardo Thomson and Valentina Fuentes
(Bloomberg) Chilean assets plunged after the ruling coalition suffered a crushing electoral defeat that placed the writing of a new constitution largely in the hands of left-wing parties.
The benchmark stock exchange tumbled 7%, while the peso cratered as much as 2.9% to 720 per dollar, on track for the biggest decline since November 2019 when a series of protests wracked the country. Chile’s dollar bonds due in 2031 dropped to a two-month low.
Candidates from the ruling coalition obtained just 37 of 155 seats on the assembly designed to write a new constitution, according to data consultancy firm Unholster, far less than expected. Contenders unaffiliated with any political parties secured 65 seats. The result deprived the right of the one-third threshold they needed to reach to veto clauses in the new charter. ....

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Vaccine Gains Bring a Despised President Back From the Brink


Vaccine Gains Bring a Despised President Back From the Brink
Bloomberg
3/9/2021
Valentina Fuentes and Matthew Malinowski
(Bloomberg) Just over a year ago, Chile’s billionaire president, Sebastian Pinera, had an approval rating of 6%, the lowest in Latin America. His nation was exploding over inequality and he was dismissed as a hardhearted plutocrat. The demand running wild on social media was: “Pinera, resign.”
Today, Chile is vaccinating its population against Covid at a rate that outstrips most of the world due partly to Pinera’s shrewd dealmaking with drug companies. The result: his approval rating has leaped to between 14% and 20%, with the nation slowly becoming more grateful to the executive at the top. ....

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