Demonstrators run away from a water canon during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's finance minister warned as many as 300,000 jobs could be lost as the impacts of weeks of rioting hammer one of Latin America's strongest economies, according to a report in business journal Diario Financiero.
Newly appointed Finance Minister Ignacio Briones told a legislative committee it was "highly likely" unemployment would jump 3% in the coming months.
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