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Chile’s right wing presents draft conservative constitution

Draft, which some observers consider a step backwards, could threaten rights to abortion and collective strike action

The Guardian - US

Pan American Games give Chile's Boric a break from political polarization

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric faces a deeply polarized country, rising crime and a divisive upcoming vote on a new constitution

The Independent UK

Patricio Guzmán: fierce filmmaker who chronicled 50 years of Chile's history after Pinochet coup

This week marks half a century since the beginning of Augusto Pinochet’s brutal 17-year dictatorship – a dark and devastating period of Chile’s history that continues to leave scars on the South American country.

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Chile president gives staunch defence of democracy, 50 years after Pinochet coup

Gabriel Boric makes speech outside palace where Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973, ushering in brutal military dictatorship

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on the other 9/11: Pinochet’s dictatorship casts a lengthening shadow

Editorial: Washington should come clean about its role in the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, as it is seen as part of attempts to destabilise leftwing governments in Latin America

The Guardian - UK

Chile marks 50 years since the coup that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship

Chile on Monday was commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet

The Independent UK

‘It became an obsession’: the long search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims

As Chile marks 50 years since the coup, women who have scoured the desert for remains of their husbands fear the brutality of the death squads will be forgotten

The Guardian - UK

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A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondly

The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism

The Independent UK

US state department declassifies more documents about Pinochet’s 1973 coup

Papers reveal how Richard Nixon was briefed on impending military takeover in Chile that ushered in 17-year dictatorship

The Guardian - US

‘Gigantic step backwards’: far-right gains in Chile threaten abortion rights

Concerns mount as ultraconservative Republican party’s ‘right to life’ proposal could be enshrined in constitution

The Guardian - US

Files reveal Nixon role in plot to block Allende from Chilean presidency

President hosted rightwing mogul Agustín Edwards in September 1970 and discussed plans to foil socialist election-winner

The Guardian - US

Chile's Boric to insist on shelved tax reform bill by end of July

Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday his government will insist on pushing through a tax reform bill that was shelved by Congress earlier this year.

Reuters

Explained | Who should own the world’s lithium?

Analysing how Lithium should be mined and managed as it is becoming a mineral of vast importance for the digital world

The Hindu

Colombia, Venezuela reach agreement to find remains of victims buried by paramilitaries

Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia's internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela, Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday.

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Chile greenlights mining tax reform that boosts government take

Lawmakers in Chile's lower house of Congress gave final approval on Wednesday for a long-awaited mining tax reform that now requires only the signature of leftist President Gabriel Boric, who has publicly backed it, to become law.

Businessweek

The Green Energy Transition Has a Chilean Copper Problem

Codelco is struggling to lift output amid the worldwide push toward electrification.

Salon

The social cost of lithium in Chile

Critics want the move to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction

The Independent UK

Chile: Conservatives will now control Constitution rewrite

Chile seemed on the cusp of a progressive revolution last year when a committee dominated by leftists drafted a bold new constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter

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Analysis-Chile’s constitution will struggle to escape Pinochet’s shadow

Chile's new constitution may end up looking a lot like the current text, which dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship - but without his name on it - after the political right took charge of the redraft process in a harsh nationwide electoral defeat for leftist President Gabriel Boric.

The Guardian - US

Chile: major blow to president as far right triumphs in key constitution vote

‘Earthquake in Chilean politics’ as ultra-conservative Republican party wins 22 of 50 seats on body to rewrite Pinochet-era document

The Independent UK

Conervatives prevail in key vote for new Chile constitution

A far-right party is leading in the vote count after Chileans cast ballots Sunday for a 50-member commission that is to draft a new coonstitution

Reuters

Chile right-wing parties win majority in vote to draft new constitution

Chilean right-wing parties won a majority of votes on Sunday to elect advisers to draft a new constitution, marking a sharp shift from a progressive majority that drafted a failed first constitutional rewrite.

The Independent UK

Chile to choose constitutional council, but apathy reigns

Chile will vote Sunday to choose 50 delegates to a council that will draw up a new Constitution, after voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed charter last year that was widely described as one of the world’s most progressive

Reuters

Soccer-Chile's president Boric speaks out against violence in stadiums

Chile's president Gabriel Boric criticised violence in stadiums after the derby between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Catolica was suspended on Sunday due to disorder, fireworks and noise bombs in the stands of the Estadio Municipal Ester Roa Rebolledo in Concepcion.

The Independent UK

Migration crisis as hundreds stranded at Peru-Chile border

A migration crisis at the border between Chile and Peru is intensifying, with hundreds of people stranded, unable to cross into Peru in an effort to return to their home country of Venezuela

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