Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | November 2019
Political Developments South America – Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia – was convulsed through October: On 18 October Chile’s government was caught unawares by violent protests, looting of shops and vandalising of public property. The immediate spark was the government’s hiking of local metro fares by 3 percent, rolled back by Congress but too little too late. […]