Senate declines to impeach Chile president

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 18, 2021 12:01 am

SANTIAGO: Chile's Senate declined to impeach President Sebastian Pinera over a business deal revealed in the Pandora Papers leaks, refusing to go along with the lower chamber of Congress in opening proceedings against him. The vote was 24 in favor of impeachment, 18 against and 1 abstention. Those voting to charge the billionaire president with corruption needed at least 29 votes to pass the measure.

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