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An anti-government protester wears trousers with the images of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (left) and former President Augusto Pinochet
OVER 90 per cent of Chileans who took part in a mass consultation want a new constitution, the Chilean Association of Municipalities has reported.
Over 80 per cent of the 2.5 million Chileans who took part also want the process to be led by a constitutional assembly elected for the purpose.
The move is a blow to billionaire President Sebastian Pinera, who has tried to resist demands to replace the Pinochet-era constitution that have grown since mass protests against his neoliberal policies this autumn were met with savage violence.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
Huge protests against corruption and preventable deaths during flooding have rocked the government — the masses are not likely to be able to take direct control in their own interests yet, writes KENNY COYLE, but it’s a promising show of people power
For the first time in years, the dominant voice within Chile’s official left comes not from neoliberal centrists but from the world of labour, writes LEONEL POBLETE CODUTTI