Article 59CBN Chance for Chile to forge new path in vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution

Chance for Chile to forge new path in vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution

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Charis McGowan
from World news | The Guardian on (#59CBN)

Sunday's referendum could mean end for 1980 constitution that allowed privatization to flourish and led to widespread inequality

Carlos Hinrichs clearly remembers the fear and repression of the Pinochet years.

His father was jailed for supporting Salvador Allende, the leftwing president deposed in Chile's 1973 military coup. His mother and sister were dismissed from their university positions. He saw classmates shot dead at protests.

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