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Brazil & Southern Cone - February 2025
Pension reform prompts guarded optimism
Chile’s congress in late January approved a compromise pension reform that hands President Gabriel Boric a victory by boosting pension pay, improving gender equality, and heightening competition, while preserving many of the features of the current, mostly private system.
- Introduction
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- Crime waves flares up in Amazonian border state
- NGOs alarmed over government’s security policies
- Milei notches up economic victories
- Setbacks for indigenous land rights
- Pension reform prompts guarded optimism
- Boric reaffirms Chilean claim in Antarctica
- Economic Highlights