Chile’s lower house votes to impeach president over Pandora Papers allegations

Chile’s lower house voted early Tuesday to impeach President Sebastián Piñera over allegations of corruption raised in the Pandora Papers investigation — the latest political fallout from the media reports on the offshore financial system.

The investigation by The Washington Post and media partners led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) showed that a mining company owned in part by Piñera’s children was sold for $152 million to a close friend of the president, Chilean businessman Carlos Alberto Délano. The sale was made in December 2010, almost nine months into Piñera’s first term as president.