Post-quake, Pinera Eyeing Chile’s Military Funding (ap)

A Chilean F-16 fighter jet prepares to take off during the 30th Chilean International Air and Space Show, FIDAE, in Santiago, Friday, March 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP – The $30 billion cost of Chile’s devastating earthquake may give its new president the ammunition he needs to take on the military like no leftist ever could, dismantling a dictatorship-era law that devotes 10 percent of Chile’s copper revenues to defense spending.

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