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The overwhelming vote to reject the constitution represents a popular rebuke to the pseudo-left coalition government and its acquiescence to every demand of international finance capital.

Santiago, Chile, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Francisco Caamaño, former member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention, on Tuesday stressed the importance of the unity of the progressive forces to achieve a Constitution proposal in accordance with the citizens' interests.

Montevideo, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) The legislators of the Broad Front of Uruguay repudiated the blockade that the United States government continues to enact against Cuba, despite the rejection of the vast majority of the international community.

Ukrainian officials have pointed fingers at Uruguay for allegedly participating in a “collective crime” by supporting President Vladimir Putins attempt to annex occupied regions.

Uruguays President Luis Lacalle Pou (2020-2025) and ex-president José “Pepe” Mujica (2010-2015) top the list of most-liked politicians in the country, a survey by pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday showed.

After a long campaign, the people of Chile voted on Sunday 5 September to reject a proposed new constitution by a margin of 62% to 38% percent, marking a major defeat for the Chilean left, including recently-elected President Gabriel Boric. Activists had hoped that higher turnout, induced by compulsory voting, would enable them to defy the advance polls. It didn’t.

Voters showed that they want a new charter, not a new country.

Voters showed that they want a new charter, not a new country.

An overwhelming majority of Chileans quietly but very clearly voted to reject a draft constitution, which it feared would lock the country into a radical socialist mould.

More than 60 percent of Chileans voted against the proposal, which its supporters call feminist and progressive.