Chile Riots

Demonstrators clash with police at the Pudahuel neighbourhood in Santiago on Jan 29. (AP pic)SANTIAGO: Riots broke out in parts of Santiago overnight and lingered into Thursday after a police truck ran over and killed a soccer fan earlier this week, marking the most violent protests since unrest broke out late last year, authorities said. Protesters…

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Riots broke out in parts of Santiago overnight and lingered into Thursday after a police truck ran over and killed a soccer fan earlier this week, marking the most violent protests since unrest broke out late last year, authorities said. …

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that raises taxes on the rich while reducing the burden on the elderly and small businesses, a nod to months of protests over inequality in the South American nation. The legislation is expec…

(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here.  Chile kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged as the worst social unrest in decades clouds the outlook for economic growth and saps demand f…

Chile Congress Passes Tax Bill to Fund Post-Riots Social Program

(Bloomberg) -- Investors are snapping up a wave of bond sales in a region that was racked by social unrest and mired in anemic economic growth. Petroleos Mexicanos, the Dominican Republic and Chile led borrowers in selling more than $36.6 billion from Jan. 1…

LONDON (Reuters) - Insurance premiums to protect shops and offices in Chile from damage caused by protests have at least doubled, industry sources say, as insurers scramble to cover losses following last year’s riots. FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator kicks back a tear gas canister as he clashes with riot police…

Breathing air thick with teargas and smoke from makeshift barricades on Valparaiso’s street corners, Carla Casoni remembers feeling her skin and eyes burn with the chemical-infused water used as a common police tactic to disperse demonstrators.  “I lost vision temporarily so I was an easy target for the police,” she…

One immediate sign of the Greta effect is fewer passengers at Swedish airports, where the movement was born in 2017. Earlier this month, Swedavia, which owns 10 airports in Sweden, announced that it had seen a 4 percent drop in the number of passengers last year. In 2019, there were…

BEIRUT - From Hong Kong to Iraq to Chile, massive street protests have erupted in recent months over frustration with political injustice, widespread unemployment and corruption. But in Lebanon, where most media outlets have strong political leanings, the largest anti-government protests in decades have been unfolding amid a virtual blackout…