President Martín Vizcarra’s anti-corruption campaign has received a boost with Peru’s main opposition party suffering a heavy defeat in the recent congressional election.
Vizcarra shut down congress in September after lawmakers repeatedly obstructed his campaign to curb parliamentary privilege and clean up public office. Opposition lawmakers decried the move as “a coup” and branded the president a dictator. But polls suggested the vast majority of Peruvians — fed up with congress’ bickering, corruption and intransigence — welcomed the decision. For the four months since then, Vizcarra has ruled by decree [.....] |
15 February 2020
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Buenos Aires Times
Argentina’s double trouble: reducing poverty and debt Submerged by debt, Argentina is attempting to address the urgent economic conditions experienced by its more than 10 million impoverished people through food bonds, price controls and popular markets, or ‘ferias’. However, these strategies seem insufficient given the extent of the recession. María Benítez, mother of six, struggles to put meals on the table with her husband facing episodic unemployment. For this robust housewife, shopping in supermarkets has become "unattainable,” adding that one needs “to have a good amount of money.”[....] |
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Investing.com
Chile passes bill to boost taxes on rich, spur investment, small business SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean lawmakers have passed a bill 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 expected to boost Chile´s total tax haul, helping underwrite other costly measures demanded by protesters, including a guaranteed minimum wage, a pension plan overhaul and changes to the country´s public-private health system.[.....] . |
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