Tag: Felipe Larrain

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Piñera reshuffles a third of the cabinet, but protestors demand his resignation

  

  Chilean protesters clashed with security forces on Monday, several hours after embattled President Sebastian Piñera announced a cabinet reshuffle in his latest bid to end 10 days of street demonstrations.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Piñera down tones language and invites opposition leaders to forge a new social contract: death toll of 12

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said on Monday evening he would meet opposition leaders to forge a “new social contract” to alleviate inequality as thousands of Chileans defied a military curfew in protest marches around the capital Santiago and several other main cities.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 04:51 UTC

  APEC finance ministers meeting in Chile, cautiously optimistic on a Beijing/USA trade agreement

  

  APEC finance ministers expressed “moderate optimism” on Tuesday that the United States and China will end their trade war and sign an agreement during the forum's summit in Santiago next month.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 10:04 UTC

  Chile announces US$ 600 million stimulus package to counter mining downturn

  

  Chile's finance minister announced on Monday US$ 600 million in additional stimulus to kick-start the top copper producer's sputtering economy, which has suffered from a downturn in mining and global trade tensions.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 07:46 UTC

  Chile considering expansive fiscal policy to stimulate growth

  

  Chile plans to roll out a more expansive fiscal policy and additional measures to stimulate economic growth to counter impacts from the U.S.-China trade war, the finance minister said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 11:20 UTC

  Chile: eighth consecutive increase in price of fuel finally draws Piñera's attention

  

  President Sebastián Piñera Thursday ordered his cabinet to seek ways to stop the trend, following the eighth increase in the price of petrol in as many weeks

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 15:11 UTC

  Chile's finance minister defends newest, sharpest increase in fuel price

  

  Chile's Finance Minister Felipe Larraín justified the seventh increase in as many weeks in the price of petrol because the Fuel Price Stabilization Mechanism (Mepco) has subsidized 50 million dollars so far this year.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Sir Alan Duncan praises the longstanding business links between UK and Chile

  

  A delegation of over 500 investors and businesspersons, as well as officials from the Chilean government, participated on 6 to 7 September in the 13th version of ChileDay. This 2 day event held in London at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office promoted the Chilean financial market to a UK audience.

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 11:44 UTC

  Chile Day in London, 6-7 September, to promote growth and investments

  

  Chile Day in London will take place on 6-7 September; it was announced at an event in the British embassy in Santiago de Chile. The initiative has grown steadily since its year of inception in 2011 and “this year promises to be a new focus, at an important time for both our countries”, said ambassador Fiona Clouder.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Chile's incoming finance minister pledges the economy will expand 3.5% this year

  

  Chile's economy is likely to grow by 3.5% this year on the back of increased confidence in a new presidential administration and in improving global economy, the future finance minister said in a local newspaper published on Sunday.