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(Probable) Loss of the far-right in the referendum for a new Chilean Constitution:
It looks like the new proposed Chilean Constitution was rejected by the clear majority. Seeing how the fascist Milei won in Argentina, this is great news for the continent.
Last year a progressive Constitution was proposed to the voters, but it was clearly rejected. The political consequences were severe for the government: months later the centre-left and left lost the majority in parliament and the far-right became dominant force in the right-wing block. Their discourse was extremely aggressive and destructive, supported by the classic right, like in Argentina.
This resulted in a weird, almost postmodernist, situation. The progressive parties had to campaign to keep a Constitution that originated during the horror of the Pinochet years, when their militants were tortured and disappeared. This in the hope to be able to change it later, way way in the future.
While the Chilean Constitution is where neoliberalism was historically codified, this didn't go far enough for the far right that calls itself openly "Pinochetist". So they ended campaigning against the Constitution of their hero.
#latinAmerica #chile #fascism #trumpism
It looks like the new proposed Chilean Constitution was rejected by the clear majority. Seeing how the fascist Milei won in Argentina, this is great news for the continent.
Last year a progressive Constitution was proposed to the voters, but it was clearly rejected. The political consequences were severe for the government: months later the centre-left and left lost the majority in parliament and the far-right became dominant force in the right-wing block. Their discourse was extremely aggressive and destructive, supported by the classic right, like in Argentina.
This resulted in a weird, almost postmodernist, situation. The progressive parties had to campaign to keep a Constitution that originated during the horror of the Pinochet years, when their militants were tortured and disappeared. This in the hope to be able to change it later, way way in the future.
While the Chilean Constitution is where neoliberalism was historically codified, this didn't go far enough for the far right that calls itself openly "Pinochetist". So they ended campaigning against the Constitution of their hero.
#latinAmerica #chile #fascism #trumpism