JUST IN: Chile rejects draft constitution in blow to leftist President Boric
Dozens of people participate in a demonstration in Plaza Italia in rejection of the constitutional plebiscite in Santiago, Chile on Aug. 20. Photo: Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesWhy it matters:and his supporters who championed the draft text, which would have enshrined reproductive, education, housing and Indigenous rights.
It would have also required the country set up a national health care system, and made addressing climate change a constitutional state duty. The draft text would have replaced the current constitution, which dates to 1980, when dictator Augusto Pinochet was in power.Holding a vote on a new constitution garnered widespread support two years ago, but since its drafting, that support dwindled amid what experts say was an
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