Chile’s peso hit a historic low on Tuesday after government promises to rewrite the country’s dictatorship-era constitution failed to quell anger on the street. The demonstrations have sometimes devolved into arson, riots and looting, leaving at least 20 dead and wreaking billions of dollars of damage to public infrastructure and private businesses. State workers and some unionized miners in Chile launched a massive, nationwide walk-off early on Tuesday, saying they were not yet satisfied following the government’s decision to rewrite the country’s heavily criticized dictatorship-era constitution.
