Diverse Chile: Sexual minority rights in the new Constitution
The LGBTQ+ community is having high hopes for Chile’s new Constitution. The Magna Carta is currently written by a Constitutional Convention. Chile Today spoke with...
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The Constitutional Convention shows “that Chilean society is changing”
The Constitutional Convention has finished its first week marked by two moments: the election of Elisa Loncón as the Convention’s president and the declaration for...
Unprecedented: An indigenous woman heading the creation of Chile’s Constitution
Writing Chile’s new Constitution is a watershed moment. The Constitutional Convention elected an indigenous woman as its president and is overall more diverse than the...
Trajectories of the representatives at Chile’s Constitutional Convention
As Chile’s Constitutional Convention gets to work, a look at its members’ trajectories is in order. Curiously, the Convention is much more diverse than Congress...
Photo Series: Day Two of the Mega Elections in Chile
Just like the first day of the “Mega Elections” in Chile, the turnout was low on Sunday, May 16. Later on the day, some lines...
Photo Series: Day One of the Mega Elections in Chile
At 6PM, voting stations across Chile closed their doors and sealed their boxes after the first day of the regional, municipal and constitutional elections. Although...
Historic Elections in Historic Times: Chile to Decide Who Will Write Its Future
In less than a week, Chileans will face one of the most important elections since the return to democracy. People will be voting for new...
Who Wants to Write the Constitution? List of Candidates Published
Chile´s electoral service, Servel, published a list last week of all the candidates who met the requirements to run for the Constitutional Convention. Among them...