Posted on 07/29/2022 3:44:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Chile’s Constitutional Convention presented the final version ... to President Gabriel Boric at a closing ceremony on Monday in Santiago. On Sept. 4, Chileans will decide whether to approve the new magna carta or stick with the current document...
If approved, the document would mark a shift away from market-friendly rules by strengthening workers’ rights, boosting environmental protection, overhauling water ownership and giving indigenous groups a bigger say in investment projects. Polls suggest the changes may have gone too far, with more voters inclined to reject the draft.
September’s vote will also be key for Boric’s administration, which would have an easier path to implement its policy proposals if the current constitution is replaced.
The percentage of voters intending to reject the draft surged to 51% from 33% in January, according to the latest survey from pollster Cadem. Support for the “approve” option has fallen to 34% from 56% in the same period.
Some of the draft’s most controversial proposals include articles that replace the senate with a regional chamber and create a parallel justice system for indigenous groups. The charter also incorporates new considerations into central bank policy making and protects glaciers from mining.
(Excerpt) Read more at mining.com ...
Will it elicit 81 million votes for approval?
Expecting to hear headlines like:
“in surprise turnaround Chile’s voters approved a new constitution many said would not pass.”
Again and again any COMMIE IN POWER will try to “F” what’s working well.... it didn’t end well for Allende! :)
They will cheat it into being.
I expect the force of the globalist oligarchs will do exactly that.
Great. The commies want to wreck the Chilean economy
and turn Chile into Venezuela and Cuba. It looks like
the looting will begin soon after.
Planet first, human scum? Meh!
How long til chille makes venesuela look prosperous?
No doubt we’re down there trying to make sure it passes.
Are they giving Pinochet the Trump treatment? The “Cromwell” flick(Richard Harris) had him doing a few bad things but he was a great leader. Lefties will always rewrite history. Think 1619.
Paging Mr. Pinochet! Will Mr. Augusto Pinochet please pick up the white courtesy telephone!
“Are they giving Pinochet the Trump treatment?”
Totally, of course. Considering how much the Neocons HATED Trump, how could they NOT hate Pinochet.
They want puppets, and ONLY PUPPETS, in power. That’s why they’re willing to risk war with TWO NUCLEAR SUPERPOWERS (and are so hell-bent on protecting their puppet in Ukraine), when they could simply sit back and allow the world to develop on its own. It is THAT IMPORTANT to them and you can hear it in the tone of the handful of them that we’re stuck with here.
I love Chile and worry a lot. I’ve seen this commie prick of a President work the student “protests” trying to wreck a good country. He’s no better than Allende. We know how that ended!
Pres. Bachelet pretty much gutted/neutered the military, doubt there are many strong leaders left, if any.
BTW, Pinochet didn’t start the Military coup in fact he was the last Colonel to join. He was approached by a group of Colonels and was asked, “Are with us or against us?” (I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED)
Chile and Colombia are the new Venezuela.
My Puerto Rican girlfriend from Miami hated Castro-her and her Cuban-American friends. When he spoke she listened to him speaking in Spanish while the English translation was louder. She stood up and clapped at the man her people despised. It shows what we’re up against. Think JFK,B.J. and the Kenyan. Any others out there? I think we’ve got a 10 year window for now.
Dominion machines?
“The commies want to wreck the Chilean economy
and turn Chile into Venezuela and Cuba. It looks like
the looting will begin soon after.”
Remember when we had a State Department that actively tried to prevent communism in South America?
Hah!!! (-:
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.