Pink-caped Chilean deputy brings lawmakers to their feet to celebrate coronavirus bill


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  • Thursday, 16 Jul 2020

Chile's opposition congresswoman Pamela Jiles celebrates the vote during a congressional session to reject a constitutional reform on pensions proposed by opposition lawmakers, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Valparaiso, Chile July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A Chilean lawmaker launched hundreds of internet memes on Wednesday when she ran through congress wearing a pink cape and waving matching fans to celebrate passage in the lower house of a coronavirus emergency aid measure.

Wearing a face mask and a pink shawl streaming behind her, Pamela Jiles sprinted repeatedly past bemused senior ministers in President Sebastian Pinera's administration who sat on the front bench and had opposed the bill. Other lawmakers whipped out cellphone cameras, stood, clapped and waved their hands.

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