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One of the central concerns animating the political struggle around Chile’s new constitution has been widespread strife in the nation’s ‘sacrifice zones’ - a group of five areas selected for rapid industrial development, often at the cost of public and environmental health. Click to read more...

6 Min Read SANTIAGO (Reuters) - When Chile voted in October to scrap its constitution written during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, residents of the South American nation’s “sacrifice zones” were among the strongest supporters of change. People enjoy the beach in front of a thermoelectric plant at Las Ventanas area, Valparaiso, Chile, February 16, 2020. Picture taken February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza In those five heavily industrialized areas, established from the 1950s to ...