Chile budget cuts 27.7% from search plan for disappeared, ends memory site funding

Chile's 2027 Budget Bill reduces the National Search Plan (PNB) consolidated budget from $1,526M to $1,135M (a 27.7% nominal cut) and eliminates investment in memory sites, according to a statement signed by 128 organizations including human rights groups and student federations. The claim is based on Dipres and Ministry of Finance figures, but the final budget is pending legislative approval. This signals a policy shift away from transitional justice commitments, potentially affecting ongoing investigations into dictatorship-era disappearances.