Health

Having one of the highest rates of per capita vaccination has become a matter of political pride for Piñera - but journalists (as well as many others) smelled something fishy.

And sure enough.

A lot of what they have is AstraZeneca vaccines that the U.K.'s Boris reserved for him - as they see Chile (and Piñera in particular) as something of a satellite state.

But the Astra Zeneca doses Chile got (already with low efficacy rates), were ones that they couldn't distribute domestically.

And now they have a one of the world's highest contagion rates - despite vaccinations rates that, officially, are higher even than the U.S.'s.