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Ministry of Public Works publishes 148 of the Chile Despega Plan’s 241 tenders and aims to start construction this year
Contracts already put out to tender total around $214,880 million and account for 12,800 of the 23,000 jobs the government expects to create.
Mario Marcel joins UDP and criticizes the Chile Takes Off employment plan
The former finance minister will teach at UDP starting in November and argues that the 2027 Budget does very little for employment.
Ministry of Public Works puts 148 contracts out to tender under Chile Despega plan to tackle unemployment
The Ministry of Public Works shortened tender timelines and aims to have work underway on site between December and January, with around 23,000 jobs.
Dollar near $1,000 and fuel subsidy worry Finance Ministry
Minister Jorge Quiroz faces pressure from his own political camp to spend more, while unemployment reaches 9.6% and mining drags down the economy.
Kast to make Enade debut with focus on growth, jobs and security
The President will reaffirm his targets of 6% unemployment and 4% growth before business leaders at his first meeting with them as president.
Kast launches Enadi to anticipate jobs from major investment projects
Minister Tomás Rau used Metro Line 9, which is expected to involve 22,000 workers, as an example of the information the plan seeks to organize.
Kast resists allies’ pressure for a major cabinet reshuffle
The ruling parties consider La Moneda’s political model exhausted, but the President plans substantial changes only in 2027.
Fitch welcomes the 2027 budget adjustment but questions whether it will last
The ratings agency maintains Chile’s A- rating and attributes the fiscal improvement more to copper and lithium than to the government’s spending cuts.
PDG considers pension fund withdrawals for the long-term unemployed
An internal report estimates that some 215 thousand people could borrow from their own savings, totaling US$410 million, and the government rejects the proposal.
Government completes eleventh charter flight, bringing total expulsions to 1,704
The plane departed with 75 foreign nationals bound for Peru, Colombia and the Dominican Republic, while the Investigative Police reports a 33% drop in irregular entries.