REJECTION OF CONSERVATIVE CONSTITUTION BY CHILE - INTERNATIONAL

News: Chilean voters reject conservative constitution, after defeating leftist charter last year

 

What is in the news?

       Recently, voters rejected a proposed conservative constitution to replace Chile’s dictatorship-era charter.

 

Key details:

       The new document, largely written by conservative councilors, was more conservative than the one it had sought to replace, because it would have deepened free-market principles, reduced state intervention and might have limited some women’s rights.