Tag: pensions

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean lawmaker celebrates passing of a bill liberating 10% of pension funds

  

  Chilean lawmaker launched hundreds of internet memes on Wednesday when she ran through congress wearing a pink cape and waving matching fans to celebrate passage in the lower house of a coronavirus emergency aid measure.

• Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Bolsonaro pensions reforms aim to save some US$ 270bn in ten years

  

  Far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s new government wants to save 1 trillion Rreais (some US$ 269.48 billion) over 10 years via pension reforms economists say are vital to undo the growing fiscal deficit, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.