LatinNews Daily - 30 November 2022

* Chile’s lower chamber and senate have voted to approve a report by congress’s mixed commission, which was written to resolve differences in the versions of the 2023 national budget approved by both chambers of congress. The revised budget, which increases spending by 4.2% compared to the 2022 budget, includes some changes in the way funding is divided across government ministries and makes adjustments to the way student finance is allocated. The mixed commission’s recommendations were approved with 135 votes in favour, one against, and two abstentions in the lower chamber, and with 42 votes in favour and none against in the senate.

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