• The 'Chicago Boys' in Chile: Economic Freedom's Awful Toll

     · After a visit to Chile, during which he discussed human rights violations by the military government, William Simon congratulated Pinochet for bringing "economic freedom" to the Chilean people ...

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  • Doing Business in Chile: What You Need to Know

     · The Drawbacks of Doing Business in Chile. Chile has flourished under a free market regime since the mid1980s when dictator Augusto Pinochet implemented a neoliberal agenda to drive growth. As a result, Chile has often seen strong GDP growth, averaging around 5% per year until a recent drop to % in 2016. However, Chile is the most unequal of ...

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  • Chileans reject proposed constitution in plebiscite | Miami Herald

     · The landslide defeat of a draft constitution backed by Chile's leftist government in a Sept. 4 plebiscite was a political temblor that could have an impact across Latin America. It could be a ...

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  • Social Impact

    Social Impact. Even though the earthquake was the strongest ever recorded the majority of the destruction was caused by the enormous killer wavetsunami. It smashed coastal buildings, industrial structures, homes and it hurled boats onto the land. The earthquake in Chile killed 2,000 people and 3,000 people were injured. When the earthquake ...

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  • The curse of 'white oil': electric vehicles' dirty secret

     · In Chile, the battle over the impact of mining has been going on for years. Born and brought up in the copperproducing region of O'Higgins in central Chile, community activist Ramón Balcázar, now...

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  • Lithium Mining Is Leaving Chile's Indigenous Communities High

     · The desert surrounding Copiapó, the capital of Chile's Atacama Region, is no stranger to mineral extraction. (Indeed, the accident that trapped 33 miners for 69 days in 2010, grabbing the world ...

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  • Impact

    How did this earthquake impact the community? In addition, the earthquake that hit Chile was both shocking and horrifying, so many homes and loved ones lost, rebuilding is going to take many years. At least 802 people were dead; the death toll is still rising. There are still people under the rubble. After 3 years they are still cleaning up.

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  • Mining lithium for electric cars might harm flamingos in Chile

     · The Andean highlands of South America where Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina collide look a bit like the surface of Mars, with jagged rocks jutting out of a rustcolored terrain. Though it's one of...

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  • The Impacts of Copper Mining in Chile

     · Copper mining has accounted for an average of 10% of Chile's gross domestic product (GDP) for the last two decades. In comparison, the mining industry as a whole represents % of GDP. Between 1996 and 2016, copper mining as a percentage of economic activity in Chile ranged between % (in 1998) and % (in 2006). It should be noted that ...

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  • Vertebrate invaders and their ecological impacts in Chile

    The South American country of Chile has been subjected to relatively few invasions in historic times. In comparison to the ca 610 vertebrate species found in continental Chile, only 24 species (%) have invaded the country. Except for two and two or three mammal species that expanded their range and crossed the Andean Ranges from Argentina, the remaining 20 .

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  • Chile: New Constitution rejected — MercoPress

     · Chile's 1980 Constitution was reformed in 2005 under thenPresident Ricardo Lagos (). The proposed new Constitution included 388 whereby Chile would shift toward a welfare state and also ...

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  • Assessment of Chile's Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Markets .

     · The mobile penetration rate is among the highest in South America. Movistar and Entel remain the market leaders, with a similar market share, while Claro accounts for about a quarter of the market ...

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  • ESO — The European Southern Observatory

    ESO and Chile sign agreement to foster scientific and technological cooperation on the ELT. 1 Dec. 2021 — annlang21004esclen . UN Women and ESO start training programme for Chilebased women to coat astronomical mirrors. 19 Nov. 2021 — annlang21003esclen. Winners of the 2021 Joint Committee ESO–Government of Chile funds announced. 18 Nov. 2021 — .

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  • Chile

    Uncertainty about the outcome may impact investment. Chile's solid macroeconomic policy framework the country boasts one of the strongest sovereign bond ratings in Latin America has provided the fiscal space to respond to the economic effects of the COVID19 pandemic through economic relief and stimulus packages and other measures. After a percent contraction in .

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  • Chile downplays impact of strike at state copper company

     · Unions say that more than 45,000 employees of stateowned Codelco, the world's top copper producers, are adhering to Wednesday's national strike to protest the Chilean government's decision to shut do

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  • Chile Protests and the Rise of Political Risk in Latin America

     · In recent weeks, the Chilean government has suffered the raucous consequences of announcing unpopular economic measures intended to rein in government debt and spending by increasing the cost of public services. In what has become a regional trend, protests in the capital Santiago began with a relatively small metro fare hike in early October.

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