Today is Chile's Chance to Bury Pinochet's Legacy

Author: Melany Cruz

In: Tribune, 2020

This article appeared on the day of the 2020 referendum on whether there should be a new constitution, and if so how it should be drawn up. Cruz explains that voters can choose between two kinds of convention, one based solely on members elected by voters (the option generally favoured by the left), and the other composed half of elected members and half of parliamentarians (many of whom did not want a new constitution). an option seen as favouring the right wing government of Sebastian Pinera. The article then looks back at Chilean politics since the fall of Pinochet.

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https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/10/today-is-chiles-chance-to-bury-pinochets-legacy

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Volume One -> E. Resisting Oppressive, Dictatorial, Military or Authoritarian Rule -> E. IV. Latin America -> E. IV.5. Chile, Resisting the Pinochet Dictatorship 1973-88 -> E. IV.5.c. Movement to Replace the Pinochet Constitution: 2019-21

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