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Felipe Larrain had good reasons for looking cheerful at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings last month. At the time, a plan by the Chilean government to rescue the 33 miners trapped in a mine in the north of the country - whose fate has grabbed the attention of the world's media - was about to reach a positive outcome. The news is especially welcome in Chile, a nation where mining accidents have led to fatalities in the past. "All the country's attention has been fixed on the fate of the miners. Ours is a very religious society so most of us were praying for them," says Mr Larrain.
