Chile's Retirees Find Shortfall in Private Plan
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Chileans are finding that their pension system, which President Bush has cited as a model for his overhaul of Social Security, is falling short of expectations.
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By Katie Burford SANTIAGO, Chile  - When 30-year-old Jose Bermudezabandoned Lima for the promise of a job in Chile, he was amongthe last in his family to leave Peru.
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Under the White House Social Security plan, workers who opt to divert some of their payroll taxes into individual accounts would ultimately get to keep only the investment returns that exceed the rate of return that the money would have accrued in the traditional system.
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Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, received multimillion-dollar payments from the governments of several countries, including the U.S.
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With fewer young people to work and pay taxes, the cost of looking after older people with state pensions becomes ever more prohibitive.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Many Chileans tortured during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet are rejecting a government offer of symbolic payments more than 30 years later, demanding substantial compensation instead and legal action against torturers.
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The government may plug the pensions shortfall by cutting benefits, Tony Blair indicates.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean court on Wednesdaygranted bail to ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet over a humanrights case but his defense said he would find it hard toafford the $3,500 bond needed to end house arrest at hiscountry estate.
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Retirees face a whopping medical bill in their golden years.
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A Chilean appeals court on Friday dropped corruption charges against former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet's widow and four of his children, who had been accused of misuse of state funds related to multimillion-dollar overseas bank accounts.
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As many pension plans have failed in the past three years, some high earners who retired early have been left with pensions much lower than what they had expected.
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Almost half of the states may have to choose in the years ahead between their pension obligations and other public programs.
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San Diego faces the possibility of a bankruptcy filing because of a shortfall in its pension fund, but the practice is commonplace among other cities.
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For the second time in a year, telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. is reducing benefits promised to retirees.
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Don't waste too much time mulling  over those retirement rules of thumb that seem to pop up  everywhere. They've never been very useful, but changes in the  way people live and work make them even less so.
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Older investors are facing tough economic realities as a result of the disappointing United States stock market this year.
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Rocketing house prices have left many homeowners planning their retirement around the profits, a survey suggests.