Chile Tries to Write a New Constitution
Progressives in the nation’s Constitutional Convention see an opportunity for creating a more just society
In a national referendum held on October 25, 2020, nearly 80 percent of Chileans agreed that the country should have a new constitution, to be written at a convention attended by specially elected delegates. The vote was the climactic result of weeks of paralyzing demonstrations in 2019, as students, feminists, workers, Indigenous peoples, pensioners, and thousands of others had taken to the streets to protest economic and social injustice.
With resounding majorities choosing change, Chileans ...
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