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Latin American Economy & Business - July 2016 (ISSN 1741-7430)
Chile: The difficult road to free education
It seemed like a simple and beneficial trade-off, as set out by Michelle Bachelet during the 2013 election campaign: Chile would introduce free university education, to be funded by a package of higher business taxes. But now, three years later, Bachelet’s government is still struggling to deliver, and finds itself caught in the cross-fire between a disaffected business community and a radical student movement.
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