October 2020

Chileans vote to change their constitution in hopes of better pensions and socioeconomic equality

Chileans have overwhelmingly voted to rewrite the South American country's dictatorship-era constitution, which its critics see as favouring deep levels of socioeconomic inequality that fuelled a wave of violent protests in 2019 and 2020. With 90.78 per cent of polling stations counted, 78.24 per cent voted in favour of a new constitution, while 21.76 voted against, according to figures released by the Electoral Service on Sunday night, (Monday AEDT). Read also Jamaica. Alternative investments a must for the modern...