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Chile finalizes proposed constitution, final vote on Sept. 4

Chile's constitutional assembly handed over the final text of a proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric on Monday, finalizing a year-long process to replace the country's magna carta that dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

Margaret Atwood's flamethrower of a stunt and the misguided moral certainty of book burning

Margaret Atwood's flamethrower of a stunt and the misguided moral certainty of book burning

If someone had told me a few weeks ago that nearly every major news website and social media account in the English-speaking world would post a video of Margaret Atwood – the 82-year-old matron saint of Canadian letters, the subject of countless doctoral dissertations and at least ten forests worth…

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Chile finalises new draft constitution to replace Pinochet-era document

Chile finalises new draft constitution to replace Pinochet-era document

Process spawned amid mass protests in 2019 will culminate in September plebiscite but polls show only 38% currently in favour

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Kidnap suspect faces extradition to Chile

A Chilean woman wanted on kidnapping charges dating to the 1970s Chilean dictatorship faces extradition from Australia after losing her final appeal option.

Kidnap suspect loses 3-year war against extradition to Chile

A Chilean woman wanted on kidnapping charges dating to Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s faces extradition from Australia after a court closed her final appeal option

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Woman reunited with son who was stolen at birth nearly 40 years ago

Mr Graf is one of hundreds - potentially thousands - of children stolen by the Pinochet regime and

The Independent UK

Analysis-Chile's bid to replace Pinochet-era constitution at risk of failure

Javier Alonso, a Chilean telecoms worker, voted in 2020 in favor of a landmark plan to replace the country's constitution that dates from the era of former dictator Augusto Pinochet. Now his support is wavering.

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Lessons in realpolitik from Nixon and Kissinger: Ideals go only so far in ending conflict in places like Ukraine

Lessons in realpolitik from Nixon and Kissinger: Ideals go only so far in ending conflict in places like Ukraine

The U.S. has limited options in confronting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

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Bestia: Oscar-nominated film exposes how the powerful in Chile still don't pay for human rights abuses

Bestia: Oscar-nominated film exposes how the powerful in Chile still don't pay for human rights abuses

This article contains references to sexual assault and rape that some may find distressing.

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Chile's new president: 'I'll be a president for all Chileans'

Chile's new president: 'I'll be a president for all Chileans'

Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president on Friday, vowing to listen to all sides while warning of the challenges ahead, as the Andean country marked the sharpest shift in its politics since the return to democracy three decades ago after the bloody dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

It's the End of the Neoliberal Era, and We Still Don't Know What Neoliberalism Is

It's the End of the Neoliberal Era, and We Still Don't Know What Neoliberalism Is

Politics is filled with words that mean different things in different mouths, but "neoliberalism" is an especially tangled case.

Chile starts debate of new Constitution amid jitters over mining, Congress plans

Chile starts debate of new Constitution amid jitters over mining, Congress plans

Chile's constituent assembly began formally debating on Tuesday motions for a new Constitution to replace a market-focused one dating back to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, a text that could reshape the world's top copper-producing nation.

Respecting women’s rights is a guarantee to reduce maternal and child mortality: Dr Michelle Bachelet

Respecting women’s rights is a guarantee to reduce maternal and child mortality: Dr Michelle Bachelet

Dr Michelle Bachelet, (left-wing revolutionary imprisoned by the military dictator Augusto Pinochet), two-time president of Chile (2006-2010, 2014-2018), first Executive Director of UN Women, took over as the Chair of the Board of Partnership for Maternal, New Born and Child Health (PMNCH) speaks to ICFJ Fellow Biraj Swain on the…

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