**🇨🇱 Chile – Monday, 5 October 2026**
**Budget debate opens amid cuts row**
Kast formally presented the Presupuesto 2027 to the Chamber of Deputies on October 5 as scheduled, but legislative review opened in controversy: opposition and some allied deputies say he omitted social-program cuts from his address. Communist deputy Irací Hassler contrasted a 35-billion-peso student equipment program against a roughly 792-billion-peso corporate tax cut.
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**🇨🇱 Chile – Saturday, 3 October 2026**
**Budget 2027 timeline now set**
Congress set formal dates for Kast's first budget: the government presents the Presupuesto 2027 to the Chamber of Deputies on October 5, with the Special Joint Budget Commission hearing the Q3 public-finance report on October 6, following Thursday's clashing reactions to its 1.5% growth figure.
https://www.cnnchile.com/negocios/presupuesto-2027-plazo-miercoles-foco-seguridad-empleo/
**Bachelet urges opposition unity**
After her bid for UN Secretary-General collapsed, Michelle Bachelet told six opposition party leaders and President Boric in La Pintana on October 1 to "work united" against insecurity and unemployment, while ruling out withdrawing from public life.
https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/multimedia/clic-am/2026/10/01/kast-anuncia-presupuesto-2027-con-alza-de-15-y-bachelet-llama-a-la-unidad-opositora
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