Tag: Bachelet, Michelle

Chile Rejects Conservative Constitution

Chileans on Sunday rejected a new constitution that would have pulled the country to the right, likely ending a turbulent four-year process to replace their national charter with little to show for it. More than 55 percent voted to reject the proposed text, with 77 percent of the votes counted. It is the second time […]

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Chile Votes on New Conservative Constitution in Referendum

In 2019, a police officer fired rubber bullets toward a psychology student named Gustavo Gatica, just one of the thousands of protesters demonstrating across Chile against the nation’s government and deep inequality. Mr. Gatica lost one eye and was blinded in the other. Mr. Gatica considered it a devastating sacrifice, but not one made in […]

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