[jgome]

This has directly affected the ranking of Chile in a negative way, for at least 4 years.

The person who was in charge of the group responsible for the supposed "screw up", Augusto Lopez-Claros, is chilean.

Chile currently has a "socialist" female president that has been in government for almost 4 years, and is leaving on March. There were elections last year in Chile ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_general_election,_2017 ), and the opposition candidate, Sebastián Piñera, won against the continuity candidate. Part of his campaign was based on the idea that Chile could become a "Chilezuela" if his adversary won.