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Weekly Report - 09 April 2015 (WR-15-14)

CHILE: Bachelet in damage limitation mode

President Michelle Bachelet has suspended an official visit to Ecuador on 7 and 8 April and the Summit of the Americas in Panama on 10 and 11 April in the wake of the devastating floods in northern Chile, which have claimed at least 25 lives, with a further 125 people missing and over 30,000 affected. The government’s handling of the natural disaster has come under fire, and Bachelet, whose approval rating hit a personal nadir this week amid a debilitating corruption scandal, cannot risk leaving the country.

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