Chile
Government details gradual corporate tax cut to 23%
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José Antonio Kast's government will present a miscellaneous bill on Wednesday with over 40 measures, including a phased corporate tax cut from 27% to 23% between 2028 and 2030. The reduction will occur over three years: 1.5 points the first year, 1.5 the second, and 1 the third. Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz defended the measure as a boost to investment and employment.
Justice Minister Fernando Rabat told the Senate Human Rights Commission on Tuesday that there are about 28 pending pardon requests, eight filed since March 11, 2026. Senator Fabiola Campillai questioned the criteria for these pardons, announced by President José Antonio Kast for uniformed officers convicted in the 2019 social unrest. Subsecretary Pablo Mira also confirmed the continuity of the National Search Plan.
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Gustavo Alessandri, president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities (AChM), disclosed irregularities from the previous administration under Carolina Leitao, including lack of internal controls and resource abuse by some directors. He announced consideration of legal actions through labor, penal, and administrative channels but clarified he is not targeting Leitao personally. The organization has 60 days to respond to Contraloría observations.
Chilean ruling coalition leaders at La Moneda demanded direct benefits for the middle class in the National Reconstruction Plan to be unveiled by President José Antonio Kast on Wednesday. The plan includes 43 measures on taxes, permitting, and post-fire rebuilding. Chamber of Deputies President Jorge Alessandri criticized the absence of explicit support for this group.
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Several Chilean left-wing leaders, including Gabriel Boric, Isabel Allende, Paulina Vodanovic, and Camila Vallejo, will attend the Global Progressive Mobilisation in Barcelona on April 17 and 18. The forum, organized by the Socialist International and others, follows a 2025 summit in Santiago. It addresses challenges like wars in Iran, Gaza, and Ukraine, and the rise of right-wing governments.
A court in Pozo Almonte extended the detention of two Bolivian citizens, aged 31 and 43, arrested in Colchane for trying to fill a ditch from the Escudo Fronterizo plan using a backhoe. Carabineros caught them enabling unauthorized paths for smuggling. The machinery was seized and handed to Customs.
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Chile's Policía de Investigaciones (PDI) arrested a 24-year-old man for his alleged role in a February shooting homicide in San Pedro de la Paz, Biobío region. The incident occurred at a home where the victim was shot by three intruders. The suspect will face detention review on Monday.
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