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Chilean Voters Reject a New Constitution That Would Have Provided Groundbreaking Protections for the Rights of Nature

On Sunday, Chileans chose not to replace the constitution adopted during the Pinochet dictatorship with one reflecting a more Indigenous worldview that would protect natural cycles, ecosystems and biodiversity.

By Katie Surma

Demonstrators gather in Santiago, on Oct. 25, 2019, a week after protests started in Chile. Credit: Pedro Ugarte / AFP via Getty Images
Aerial view of a tailings dam-enbankment used to store byproducts of mining copper for the Minera Valle Central mining company, in Rancagua, Chile on May 31, 2019. Credit: Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images

Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’

By Katie Surma

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