Chile elderly suicide rate soars over pension system
Why record number of elderly people are committing suicide in Chile.
Chile‘s Congress has passed a bill to increase pension subsidies for the poor by as much as 50 percent.
But people are still not happy.
They want a complete overhaul of one of the world’s most controversial private pension systems.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago.
Published On 22 Dec 2019