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Added on the 06/09/2022 20:35:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Chilean president Gabriel Boric attends the inauguration of the new Constitutional Assembly as filmmaker Miguel Littin swears in as interim president. Chile enters its second attempt in two years to change the constitution that has been in place since the dictatorship, this time with the radical right at the head of the council that will draft a new draft to be submitted to a referendum. IMAGES
Chilean supporting the new constitution draft react after learning the partial results of the referendum vote: with more than 98 percent of votes counted, the reject camp led with over 61 percent compared to just under 38 percent for those in favor. IMAGES
Chilean rejecting the proposed new constitution celebrate in Santiago as partial results from 88 percent of votes counted show the "Reject" option for Chile's new constitution far outweighs the "Approve". Chileans voted on whether to adopt a new constitution that would break from the era of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, foster a more welfare-based society and boost Indigenous rights. IMAGES
Chilean president Gabriel Boric votes in the referendum on the new constitution that aims to shift its market-driven society into one that is more welfare-based, while enacting broad institutional reforms. IMAGES
President Sebastian Pinera swears in Chile's new Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, after his predecessor, Jaime Manalich, resigned as the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the country hard despite a quarantine in place in the capital for more than a month. IMAGES