Chile Congress Passes Tax Bill to Fund Post-Riots Social Program

(Bloomberg) -- Chile’s congress approved a new tax bill presented by the administration of President Sebastian Pinera to fund its social agenda and ease months of social unrest.The bill was unanimously approved in the Senate Wednesday evening, and in the lower house earlier. It’s passage through congress had been delayed last week in a dispute over the details of a new tax on polluting companies.Former Finance Minister Felipe Larrain was pushing a tax reform early last year that woul