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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Fabian Cambero

Explainer-Is Chile about to tear up its Pinochet-era constitution?

FILE PHOTO: People stand next to a banner showing item number 160.1 of the proposed new Chilean constitution placed in a public area ahead of the September 4th constitutional referendum, in Santiago, Chile August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo

Chileans will head to the polls on Sunday to approve or reject a new constitution that would replace the Andean country's current text that dates back decades to the era of military dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The proposed new constitution focuses on social rights, the environment and gender equality, a sharp shift from the market-orientated current one that underpinned decades of growth but that stoked inequalities that led to months of angry protests in 2019.

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