Resumen de SQM battles scandal, earthquakes and costs
The senator's colleagues, meanwhile, have been more outspoken. Describing the matter as "extremely distressing", PS president, Isabelle Allende, said that the actions of [Fulvio Rossi] represented "individual behaviour, which does not in any way correspond to policy, let alone party leadership". Carlos Montes, another socialist party senator has insisted on the need to better regulate the relationship between money and politics. "Now the challenge is to move to another stage," he said.
SQM, which produces lithium, potash, iodine and nitrates at a handful of locations at some distance to the north of the epicentre, said that the earthquake "did not damage our production facilities, which continue to operate normally". The statement from the company further outlined that there were no accidents or injuries involving SQM's workers that live in the areas affected by the earthquake.
