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October 31, 2022

Has Social Uprising Led to Greater Equality in Chile?

Chile’s massive 2019 protests, one of which is pictured above, ushered in a new president and debate over the country’s constitution. // File Photo: B1mbo via Creative Commons.

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Aníbal Nicolás Saldías, analyst for Latin America and Caribbean at the Economist Intelligence Unit: “On the third anniversary of the protests that rocked Chile’s once solid political consensus supporting pro-market policies, the country remains mired in political and policy uncertainty that will extend into 2023. In the years following the protests, the political signals have been mixed. On the one hand, a progressive wave in 2020-2021 saw Chileans vote overwhelmingly to support a constitutional rewriting process, and they also elected a majority of left-of-center representatives to the constituent assembly and a left-wing candidate, Gabriel Boric, as president. That wave crashed in 2022 with Boric’s popularity tumbling amid high inflation, low growth as well as…”

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