Pinera Signs Bill to Scrap Copper Funding for Chile Military
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Chilean President Sebastian Pinera plans to send a bill to Congress in the coming days that would scrap the payment of 10 percent of state copper company Codelco’s sales to the armed forces.
Pinera, Finance Minister Felipe Larrain and Defense Minister Andres Allamand signed the bill during a ceremony today at the presidential palace in Santiago.