Establishment politicians lost in Chile's referendum (Oct. 27, 2020)
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Chileans overwhelmingly voted to scrap their Pinochet-era Constitution on Sunday. (See yesterday's post.) "Sunday’s victory in Chile did not come easily or swiftly," writes Ariel Dorfman in The Nation. The change in the decades of post-dictatorship governed by a Magna Carta that "blocked all key efforts to create a more just and equitable society" was possible only because of the "startling revolt" that started in protests exactly a year ago. He celebrates Sunday's vote as the rebirth of a nation that seemed to have died in the 1973 coup against Salvador Allende.
Establishment politicians lost in Chile's referendum (Oct. 27, 2020)
Establishment politicians lost in Chile's…
Establishment politicians lost in Chile's referendum (Oct. 27, 2020)
Chileans overwhelmingly voted to scrap their Pinochet-era Constitution on Sunday. (See yesterday's post.) "Sunday’s victory in Chile did not come easily or swiftly," writes Ariel Dorfman in The Nation. The change in the decades of post-dictatorship governed by a Magna Carta that "blocked all key efforts to create a more just and equitable society" was possible only because of the "startling revolt" that started in protests exactly a year ago. He celebrates Sunday's vote as the rebirth of a nation that seemed to have died in the 1973 coup against Salvador Allende.