A new law in Chile prohibits offenders convicted of serious crimes, such as femicide or domestic violence, from receiving a survivor pension. The Minister of Women emphasized that this is a correction of a judicial system anomaly. Although the legislation aims to establish coordination between courts and insurers, it does not apply retroactively, leaving some previous beneficiaries untouched.
Female aggressors deprived of survivor pensions in Chile
This article was updated at 13:10.