Pinera Bullish on Chilean Growth Amid ‘Gloomy’ World Picture

Chile’s economic growth may accelerate next year as the world’s largest copper producer attracts ever increasing amounts of investment, President Sebastian Pinera said in an interview.

“My hope is that we will be able to not only match but surpass this year’s growth,” Pinera said yesterday from Vladivostok, Russia, where he was attending a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group of nations. “The Chilean economy is behaving in a very strong and sound way despite a very gloomy picture in the international economy.”