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Chile: Mining the Mines for Reconstruction Funds
Apr 15, 2010 | 16:51 GMT
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Summary
Chilean lawmakers have introduced legislation on changing the country's copper laws to redirect financing earmarked for the military into reconstruction efforts for the country's February earthquake. Sebastian Pinera, Chile's new conservative president, strongly backs the measure but will find opposition to the effort from the country's powerful military and mining establishment and his own political allies.
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