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Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote
1 year ago

Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote

Al Jazeera  

Sunday’s referendum will be the second time in as many years that Chileans have voted for a revised constitution. “We are 13 percent of the population,” said Alihuén Antileo Navarrete, a Mapuche lawyer elected to represent Chile’s Indigenous peoples on the council. She believes the draft on Sunday’s ballot enshrines values and ideas that “don’t belong in a constitution”, by …

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Chile political parties agree to draft new constitution
2 years ago

Chile political parties agree to draft new constitution

Al Jazeera  

Agreement comes three months after voters rejected a replacement for current, Pinochet-era Magna Carta. Fourteen political parties in Chile — including representatives from the left and right — have agreed to begin work on a new constitution, in the latest attempt to replace a national charter that dates back to the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Monday’s deal also calls …

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Voting on Chile’s proposed constitution: What you need to know
2 years, 3 months ago

Voting on Chile’s proposed constitution: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Chileans vote to approve a new constitution, the first since 1980 that was drafted under military leader Augusto Pinochet. Millions of Chileans are voting in a referendum to approve or reject a new constitution drafted earlier this year, in what could be a defining moment for the country of 19 million people. An elected body of 154 people began drafting …

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Chile’s president receives draft of new constitution
2 years, 5 months ago

Chile’s president receives draft of new constitution

Al Jazeera  

Chileans will have two months to review the new constitution before an obligatory referendum on September 4. Chile’s new draft constitution has been submitted to President Gabriel Boric, after a year-long process that saw constituent assembly members debate and write up a document to replace the country’s Pinochet-era magna carta. “Today begins a new stage where everyone makes history.” In …

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How will rewriting Chile’s constitution change the country?
2 years, 9 months ago

How will rewriting Chile’s constitution change the country?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, March 2 at 19:30 GMT: Chile’s constitutional convention has begun debating motions for a new magna carta – one that will replace the dictatorship-era constitution many Chileans view as the source of the country’s social inequality. Progressives in the country hope the new constitution will bring major changes in a wide range of areas, including environmental protections, water …

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Chile’s constitutional assembly elects new president
2 years, 11 months ago

Chile’s constitutional assembly elects new president

Al Jazeera  

The Chilean assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution in the South American nation has elected a new president. After nine rounds of voting on Tuesday and Wednesday, members of the constitutional assembly chose epidemiologist Maria Elisa Quinteros to replace the body’s inaugural president, Indigenous Mapuche professor and activist Elisa Loncon. The change was provided for in the texts of …

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Mapuche woman to lead body drafting Chile’s new constitution
3 years, 5 months ago

Mapuche woman to lead body drafting Chile’s new constitution

Al Jazeera  

The architects of Chile’s new constitution have chosen an Indigenous Mapuche woman to lead the process, as the country’s constitutional assembly was inaugurated on Sunday in the capital, Santiago. University professor and activist for Mapuche educational and linguistic rights Elisa Loncon, a 58-year-old independent constituent, was picked by 96 of 155 delegates, including 17 Indigenous people, who make up the …

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