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Chileans turn out at polling stations in the National Stadium, the country's biggest polling center, for a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution. Voters are being asked to approve or reject a more conservative draft. 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: JOSE CAVIEDES). SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS DURING A TAKE OVER OF PLAZA ITALIA, IN THE HOURS PRIOR TO THE RESULT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PLEBISCITE, IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.
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: JOSE CAVIEDES/RODRIGO SAEZ). SHOT LIST: CHILEANS GATHER TO CELEBRATE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO REPLACE THEIR CONTROVERSIAL CONSTITUTION DRAFTED DURING AUGUSTO PINOCHET’S DICTATORSHIP, AT PLAZA ITALIA IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.
Santiago de Chile, Dec. 15 (EFE / EPA) .- More than 220 communes in Chile - the smallest administrative division in the country - hold a citizen consultation on Sunday that seeks to obtain the opinion of the population about the constituent process of the country and the social priorities that the authorities should address.(CAMERA: Jose Caviedes)
Protesters and security forces clashed once again on one of the main Caracas' highway, as opposition stages the latest of two months of street protests, which prosecutors say have left 60 people dead. IMAGES