🇨🇱 Chile – Wednesday, 30 September 2026
**Kast unveils $1.3bn jobs plan**
Days before today's constitutional budget deadline, Kast announced a $1.3 billion plan combining public investment, hiring subsidies and SME credit guarantees to create 100,000 jobs, as unemployment hit 9.5%, its highest in five years, and approval of his government sags.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-28/chile-s-kast-rolls-out-jobs-plan-as-weak-economy-saps-approval
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🇨🇱 Chile – Tuesday, 29 September 2026
**2027 budget hits Congress without a Kast majority**
Kast's government must submit its 2027 budget bill to Congress by the September 30 constitutional deadline, merging 25 social programmes including Patagonia scholarships and indigenous development funds; lacking a majority, his finance ministry needs opposition votes for the roughly $6 billion, 18-month fiscal adjustment it is chasing.
https://www.riotimesonline.com/chile-25-social-programmes-discontinued-budget-2027-2026/
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