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Weekly Report - 11 November 2021 (WR-21-45)
CHILE: Two-one for Vamos Chile
Three key congressional votes were held this week with the government winning two of them – but it still looks like a pyrrhic victory. The government’s two victories were to prolong the state of emergency in the south of the country, where there is an ongoing conflict involving demands for autonomy and the return of ancestral lands by militant members of the Mapuche indigenous community, and to reject a proposed bill permitting a fourth 10% withdrawal of funds from the privatised pension system. The big defeat was that after a marathon session lasting 22 hours, the lower chamber of congress voted to impeach President Sebastián Piñera. The impeachment case now goes to the senate.
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- PERU: Castillo’s rift with PL adds to uncertainty around new cabinet
- VENEZUELA: Down but not out
- BOLIVIA: Fighting on the anniversary
- COLOMBIA: Presidential hopefuls fail to shine
- ARGENTINA: Fernández staring at punishment vote
- CHILE: Two-one for Vamos Chile
- BRAZIL: Reform advances as horse-trading takes centre-stage
- MEXICO: Wedding claims scalp of anti-corruption czar
- MEXICO: Electricity reform up in the air after PRI spat
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Dominican Republic responds to Haiti crisis
- Quotes of the week