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Chile's Boric to insist on shelved tax reform bill by end of July

Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday his government will insist on pushing through a tax reform bill that was shelved by Congress earlier this year.

Reuters

Explained | Who should own the world’s lithium?

Analysing how Lithium should be mined and managed as it is becoming a mineral of vast importance for the digital world

The Hindu

Colombia, Venezuela reach agreement to find remains of victims buried by paramilitaries

Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia's internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela, Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday.

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Chile greenlights mining tax reform that boosts government take

Lawmakers in Chile's lower house of Congress gave final approval on Wednesday for a long-awaited mining tax reform that now requires only the signature of leftist President Gabriel Boric, who has publicly backed it, to become law.

Reuters

The Green Energy Transition Has a Chilean Copper Problem

Codelco is struggling to lift output amid the worldwide push toward electrification.

Businessweek

The social cost of lithium in Chile

Critics want the move to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction

Salon

Chile: Conservatives will now control Constitution rewrite

Chile seemed on the cusp of a progressive revolution last year when a committee dominated by leftists drafted a bold new constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter

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Analysis-Chile’s constitution will struggle to escape Pinochet’s shadow

Chile's new constitution may end up looking a lot like the current text, which dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship - but without his name on it - after the political right took charge of the redraft process in a harsh nationwide electoral defeat for leftist President Gabriel Boric.

Reuters

Chile: major blow to president as far right triumphs in key constitution vote

‘Earthquake in Chilean politics’ as ultra-conservative Republican party wins 22 of 50 seats on body to rewrite Pinochet-era document

The Guardian - US

Conervatives prevail in key vote for new Chile constitution

A far-right party is leading in the vote count after Chileans cast ballots Sunday for a 50-member commission that is to draft a new coonstitution

The Independent UK

Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution

Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite.

Reuters

Chile to choose constitutional council, but apathy reigns

Chile will vote Sunday to choose 50 delegates to a council that will draw up a new Constitution, after voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed charter last year that was widely described as one of the world’s most progressive

The Independent UK

Soccer-Chile's president Boric speaks out against violence in stadiums

Chile's president Gabriel Boric criticised violence in stadiums after the derby between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Catolica was suspended on Sunday due to disorder, fireworks and noise bombs in the stands of the Estadio Municipal Ester Roa Rebolledo in Concepcion.

Reuters

Migration crisis as hundreds stranded at Peru-Chile border

A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru is intensifying, with hundreds of people stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela

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Chile's lithium takeover plan faces technical, political challenges

While Chile's plan to take control of its lithium industry has caused global shockwaves, state-led production of the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries is seen by analysts as likely years away given technical and political challenges.

Reuters

Chile's state lithium push emerges as test for Latam resource nationalism

Chilean President Gabriel Boric's pitch last week to enshrine greater state control over lithium is emerging as the latest test for the resource nationalism embraced by Latin America's ascendant left but which has proven tough to implement in practice.

Reuters

Chileans buy more guns, private guards as security tops concerns

After their pick-up truck was stolen at gunpoint outside their home in Santiago last June, Javiera Castillo and her partner began learning how to shoot a pistol to prevent future encounters.

The Independent UK

Chile's plan for state control in lithium dismays business

The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a majority stake in the lithium industry has disconcerted business leaders

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Chile turns to nationalization to safeguard its lithium supply amid the EV revolution

The lithium-producing countries are scrambling to seize control of lithium mining amid the electric car boom.

The Independent UK

Chile leader to require state share in lithium extraction

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has announced a plan to require private companies take Chile’s government on as a partner in the extration of lithium, which is in high demand around the world for use in electric batteries

Reuters

Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry

Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country's lithium industry, the world's second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment.

The Guardian - US

Chile takes on ‘moral duty’ of finding the disappeared of Pinochet regime

As the 50th anniversary of Augusto Pinochet’s bloody coup nears, Chile’s government launches a new plan to find and identify those who went missing

Reuters

Chile approves bill cutting work week to 40 hours from 45

Chile's Congress on Tuesday passed a hard-fought bill to gradually cut the work week to 40 hours from 45 hours, a legislative victory for President Gabriel Boric amid faltering popularity.

The Independent UK

Chile lawmakers vote to reduce work week from 45 to 40 hours

Chile’s Congress has approved a law gradually reducing the work week from 45 to 40 hours, a decision hailed by the government as a breakthrough for workers’ rights

Reuters

Chile enacts laws, allots $1.5 billion to fight crime amid police killings

Chile on Thursday signed new laws and allocated $1.5 billion to fight crime amid skyrocketing perceptions of insecurity and a day after the third police officer in less than a month was killed on duty.

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