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elimination of MEPCO (subsidies system to ameliorate fuel hikes)

The ‘bankrupt state’: how Chile used a global crisis to abandon 36 years of responsible fuel management

Chile has a fiscal buffer designed precisely to absorb external shocks. However, in the face of rising fuel prices, the government not only chooses not to use it, but also pushes for its structural redefinition in Congress. The episode escalates…