SANTIAGO The Chilean peso <CLP=CL> closed at a historic low on Monday, falling 1.82% to 841.50 to the dollar as fears over the global coronavirus outbreak and widespread protests continued to rattle the copper-rich South American nation.
SANTIAGO, Nov 29 Chile's peso opened up 3.33% at 801.50/801.80 per dollar on Friday, after the country's central bank said it could sell up to $20 billion in foreign interventions to stabilize the local currency.
Avril Haines, a former White House and CIA official whom President-elect Joe Biden chose for the top U.S. intelligence job, will tell Congress on Tuesday that she will continue tough U.S. scrutiny of China and press spy agencies to help resolve the COVID-19 crisis, a Biden transition official said.