Jubilation and hope as convention puts final stamp on Chile’s new draft constitution

Draft shifts country away from Pinochet-era document, enshrining cultural rights and laying out path of autonomy for Indigenous peoples

The process of drafting Chile's new constitution has come to an abrupt, jubilant end as the final votes were held quickly by the 154-member, gender-equal constitutional convention.

Huddling between the colonnades at the former congress building in Santiago, which has played host to Chile's constitutional process, the delegates hugged and cheered as the draft was finalised.