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Thousands of Chileans gather outside the Moneda Palace in the capital of Santiago, to mark International Women's Day. IMAGES
A major rally against the Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link is being held in the Maurienne valley (Savoy), at a base camp located outside the no-go zone drawn up by the authorities. IMAGES
Thousands take to the streets in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty, marching towards the main city administration building, after a night of unprecedented unrest across the Central Asian nation that followed an energy price hike. IMAGES
Santiago, Oct 25 (EFE/EPA).- Chileans decided Sunday by an overwhelming majority to replace their controversial constitution drafted during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, which caused the violent mass protests of October 2019.Seventy-eight percent of Chileans approved the move with 87 percent of votes counted. They also voted by 79 percent – according to the country’s polling authorities – for the new charter to be drafted via constitutional convention, comprising citizens solely elected for that purpose. (Camera: RODRIGO SAEZ). SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS DURING A TAKE OVER OF PLAZA ITALIA, IN THE HOURS PRIOR TO THE RESULT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PLEBISCITE, IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.
Thousands of people gather in Plaza Italia square and surrounding streets, the historical epicenter of Chilean demonstrations in the capital, as the protest movement now in its thirteenth week, continues to put pressure on the government of President Sebastian Pinera. IMAGES