'An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship': Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution
Voters in Chile overwhelmingly approved a bid to scrap the charter inherited from Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, a move that could set a new course for the country.
On Sunday, just over a year after the massive demonstrations swept the nation, Chileans voted to scrap the dictatorship-era document and write a new one — a process that could transform the politics of a country that has long been regarded as one of the most stable and prosperous in Latin America.
The referendum was headed for a landslide victory; with 62 percent of the votes counted, 78 percent were cast in favor of a new Constitution, and it was leading in almost every part of the country.
Amalia Gómez, 66, barely gets by on a $125 monthly pension and picks up seamstress jobs to compensate. She and many others like her see a new Constitution as a path to better lives and a more equitable country for future generations.
“Why not, if we are a country rich in minerals, fish, agriculture?” she said. “Why can’t we use those resources to our benefit, for our education and health?”
At: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/world/americas/chile-constitution-plebiscite.html
A Santiago crowd celebrates today's landslide victory in favor of replacing Chile's 1980 constitution, enacted by the late fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Today's referendum - the product of a year of protests sparked by meager wages and pensions in a country with Latin America's highest per capita GDP - begins a process whose next step is an April 11 election for a constitutional convention.
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Totally misleading. Research undertaken seriously will illuminate the deception for anyone concerned enough to search for the reality behind the propaganda.
Why else has it been so urgent for Chileans to find a more useful, less unfair system to serve the whole population all these years?
Thank you for the great news, sandensea! 
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