Chilean President Sebastián Piñera says ongoing protests have led him to call off two major international summits that his country had been scheduled to host.
An anti-government protester walks away from the spray of a police water cannon in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Tuesday is the 12th day of demonstrations that began with youth protests over a subway fare hike that transformed into a leaderless national movement demanding greater equality and better public services in a country long seen as an economic success story.
Piñera said Chile would not host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit set for Nov. 16-17 and the global climate gathering planned for Dec. 2-13. It wasn’t immediately clear if they would be shifted to another country. U.S. and Chinese negotiators were hoping to finalize a modest trade agreement in time for Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to sign it at the APEC summit in Santiago. Under the tentative deal, the U.S. had agreed to suspend plans to raise tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports, and Beijing had agreed to step up purchases of U.S. farm products.
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