REJECTION OF CONSERVATIVE CONSTITUTION BY CHILE -
INTERNATIONAL
News: Chilean voters reject conservative constitution, after defeating
leftist charter last year
What is in the news?
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Recently, voters rejected
a proposed conservative constitution to replace Chile’s dictatorship-era
charter.
Key details:
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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.