| 'An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship': Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=56780"><span class="small">Pascale Bonnefoy, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Monday, 26 October 2020 13:05 |
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Bonnefoy writes: "The protests started over a small hike in metro fares, then exploded into a broad reckoning over inequality that shook Chile for weeks. The movement soon seized on a vehicle for their demands: Chile's Constitution."
'An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship': Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution26 October 20
The movement soon seized on a vehicle for their demands: Chile’s Constitution. The existing charter, drafted without popular input during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and approved in a fraudulent plebiscite in 1980, was widely blamed for blocking change — and seen as a lingering link to a grim chapter in Chile’s history. |
| Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2020 13:20 |
he protests started over a small hike in metro fares, then exploded into a broad reckoning over inequality that shook Chile for weeks. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets, calling for sweeping change in their society, with higher wages and pensions, better health care and education.