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World Nov 07

Chile president calls vote on new constitution authored by conservative councilors

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has formally received the draft of a new constitution and is calling for a national referendum next month so citizens can decide whether the new charter will replace the country’s dictatorship-era constitution.

Politics Sep 11

Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal dictatorship

The problems of democracy must be addressed through more democracy, President Boric said at the La Moneda presidential palace, which was bombed by warplanes at the start of the coup half a century ago.

World Sep 05

A half-century after Pinochet’s coup, some Chileans remember the brutal dictatorship fondly

The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism.

World Nov 21

Chileans vote in highly polarized presidential election

Chileans will vote for a new president Sunday following a polarizing campaign in which the leading candidates vowed to chart starkly different paths for the region’s most economically advanced country staggered by a recent wave of social unrest.

World May 16

Chileans choose assembly to draft a new constitution

Nearly 80% of voters in a plebiscite last year chose to draft a new charter for the nation following a year of protests, though there is much less consistent agreement over what it should contain.

Politics Oct 27

Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution

One of Latin America's most affluent nations, and also one haunted by social and economic inequality, plans to draft a new constitution to replace the charter introduced during military rule decades ago.

World Oct 29

Protests erupt in Chile despite president’s new Cabinet

Thousands of protesters crowded again into central Santiago, and one group set fire to a building that houses a fast-food restaurant and stores.

World Oct 22

Death toll rises to 15 from Chilean protest clashes

Chile's government said Tuesday that 15 people have been killed in five days of rioting, arson and violent clashes that have almost paralyzed the South American country and rocked its global image as the region's oasis of stability.

World Oct 20

Chile protests continue despite gov’t retreat on fare hike

Protests and violence in Chile spilled over into a new day Sunday even after the president cancelled a subway fare hike that prompted massive and violent demonstrations.

Science Jul 02

WATCH: Total solar eclipse darkens skies across South America

The eclipse will sweep along a path extending 6,800 miles across open waters to Chile and Argentina.

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