Country. After months of unrest voting process of peacefully in guinea where president conde is seeking to extend his decade in power. And calls for calm in a corner car back where theres little hope the latest ceasefire will hold off to all media and azerbaijan accuse each other of breaking it within hours. Welcome to the program we begin this hour in chile where theyve been clashes in the capital as tens of thousands of people mock a year since the beginning of a protest movement against inequality in the country and. The demonstration started last october after the government pushed up metro fares and stopped in march to change the coronavirus but they have resumed over the past week just ahead of a constitutional referendum was a key demand of the demonstrators have been sporadic clashes between riot police and protesters in the center of santiago at least 5 people have been injured according to some of the latest figures so lets go straight to our last america it is to be seen in the news following developments in santiago d and speaking a few hours ago just when a water cannon was being deployed the numbers of protests as was building in a situation appear to be escalating whats happening there now. Right now there continue to be skirmishes between some protesters and riot police but its fairly calm pretty decent because there are still tens of thousands of people out here on the streets and more are still coming its started 7 hours ago at least its now 6 pm in sand santiago and at 11 oclock there were in the morning there were already thousands and thousands out here and in fact about 2 kilometers in front of me its absolutely jam packed and had to move back a little bit so that our signal would not be completely. Warped its extraordinary the amount of people out here and they have been married fairly peaceful although we did see with our own eyes riot police in caravans just about 3400 meters to my left all ready to move in if and when they decide its time to clear the streets but there are whole families here elderly people young people babies no credible amount of enthusiasm and in a way to show that people have come back out onto the streets to mark the day that in which chiles social Pressure Cooker if you like finally exploded. A small 30 increase in the mid to was the detonator of a social explosion last year that has rocked latin americas most stable democracy ever since. The 24 year old will soon begin a medias was one of the students that rushed this entitlement train station last october 18th. As the saying goes it was in the 30 places with the 30 years of on field promises clearly there was a before and after 18 chile has never been the same the rules of the game have been totally modified in what way we think google in the sense as citizens of empowered and took over public spaces to demand their rights. That had never happened thats why its been a citizens revolution. The initial revolt was followed by riots and looting small but violent radical groups destroyed millions of dollars worth of property mainly Peaceful Demonstrations lasted until march when the pandemic began despite widespread human rights abuses on the part of Security Forces. But most of all the social explosion as its called here unmasked a deep rooted discontent and anger over social inequality privilege and exclusion and it was supposed to be a latin american oasis this we are all as one of many that illustrates what was a major disruption until in society that is still unfolding and it has the potential to significantly alter this countrys social economic and political model. As a result of the uprising the political establishment agreed to a key demand a new constitution that will presumably guarantee basic social rights like Education Health and decent pensions my feeling is that the process opened. As a result of political elites trying to empathize and connect with the more. What we still dont know if if that connection. Will be able to channel their move back into the institution of real. Sunday chilly will hold a referendum that is widely expected to approve the rewriting of the constitution. With the countrys Democratic Institutions so discredited for so many people theres no guarantee could you can be put back in the bottle. Just picking up one point here about the constitutional referendum something that people have been calling for in protesters have been demanding is it likely to to bring change to the country. Thats the big thats something that nobody can answer thats certainly the hope of millions of chileans that the referendum is going to be about whether chileans agree or not to even change the constitution to scrap the one that was written under the pinochet dictatorship all the polls show that it will be approved with a very very lot by a very large margin but its not clear exactly who will make up the constituents of that constituent assembly how much real profound systemic change it can finally help bring about and even if it does even if its written in the new constitution how long it would take for these to really make a difference for those people most in need so it is a beginning at best of a process that will take time and in the meanwhile people out here a lot of them are saying that theyre going to stay out on the streets because they need to keep the pressure on the politicians on the state and on all of the institutions of this country thanks very much will the latest from santiago chile you see any human thank you. Well we go to bolivia now where voting is just wrapped up in a high stakes president ial run which was much delayed by the coronavirus pandemic the leading contenders are left wing for make anomic minister luis are safe from the party of ousted president evo morales and the centrist former president carlos messer many hope the election will restore some measure of stability to the country after a National Recession bolivia erupted in violence late last year. When then president evo morales saw a 4th term in a disputed election which was then and now. Well extra security was deployed across the country of ballots at polling stations being kept under police and army god some residents have stocked up on food and fuel are the concerns this election will revive last years deadly clashes catherine led to barrys director of andean info of the Andean Information Network a bolivian social justice and political think tank she joins us now from cochabamba via skype which is speaking there about people making preparations for the possibility of unrest with Security Forces on the streets and stockpiling of food what is the atmosphere like in the country. Why i think theres a great deal of tension theres a great deal of tension because of be uncertainty that surrounds little electoral process you know although we might well have preliminary results tonight the final result probably will be in for 3 days and and legally but it can take up to one week so you dont whip the conflict with the problems with the interim government there would be a level of uncertainty you tie in with the presence of your ethnic groups for example and what seems to be remarkable is the possibility that 12 months after the will nearly 12 months after the op he valev the last election it looks as though the party of overall morales could be poised for a comeback what do you what are you hearing about that. Well the party certainly leading in the polls and you know there were there was a portion of the bolivian middle class that had opted or big cant come disenchanted with morality for the 4th term but weve had a year of Human Rights Violations a year of corruption a missed managed code. Which has really kind of soured a lot of people on the alternative candidates to the right and so it remains to be seen how the. Are we likely to see an outright victory with what 40 percent of the vote is it likely to go to a runoff which would which would come then later on and of ember its quite hard to say you know if they were if r. C. Were to win with 40 percent hed have to have a 10 percent margin over the 2nd place candidate a chance of Li Carlos Mesa you know the mess that the boats are on the right are divided between mesa and largely well hes fair camacho so i think ideas withdrew the incumbent from the race he was never supposed to be a candidate to to create a stronger 1st round vote for the right we dont know if thats going to happen and we dont know what the impact of the militarization of the streets at this point in time or are going to be people are quite concerned thats right and you were talking about corruption problems with the interim government over the past year. How much concern is there about the way in which the election has been conducted with. Allegations of vote rigging and potential electoral fraud well its interesting because you know the elections have been postponed 3 times for the pandemic and the pandemic continues finally weve weve reached you know last time the allegations of fraud were largely based on the suspension of the rapid count the night of elections since then the new Electoral Court developed a whole new system of rapid count but last night. Around 7 or 8 pm they decided they werent going to use that because they had concerns about the system so you know theres been little transparency very limited press coverage a lot of coverage of rural area in the polls in part because of coat it but also in part because of the dinette dynamic and the controls placed by the interim government and weve seen a role with the military on the streets and a show of force that we havent seen in previous elections we havent seen in a period of democracy and so that creates concern and we dont know all how the military will respond theyve made statements that they wont support a new morales government you know theyre not supposed to according to the constitute do should have a political opinion but they have acted politically the original past year thanks very much appreciate your thoughts from cochabamba catherine not a bad director of the Andean Information Network thank you. Well now to get me off to months of unrest in a campaign marred by violence the president ial election appears to have been largely peaceful but dozens of opposition supporters say they were refused the chance to cost their ballots because of problems with their voter cards the u. N. Has urged all parties to refrain from engaging in Ethnic Violence concern also shared by the International Criminal court the west african region is in a precarious situation after a recent coup in mali and unrest ahead of ivory coasts election well the 82 year old incumbent alpha conde has been in power since 2010 and leads the rally for the Canadian People Party is backed by his linky ethnic group but there have been mass protests of the constitutional amendment which allowed him to run for a 3rd term dozens were killed in a security crackdown his main rival is sell you dialin giallo whos running against him for the 3rd time he leads the union of Democratic Forces of guinea and his support base is drawn from the Largest Ethnic Group before lani gello was a former Prime Minister in the early 2000 well nicholas haq is monitoring events for us from dakar in neighboring senegal. Well its been an exceptional day of voting despite this Divisive Campaign where we saw candidates really trying to pit guineans against each other along ethnic lines there was a big turnout during the vote was there are some that werent able to vote either in neighboring countries like here in senegal where theres more than 3000000 guineans migrants living here who are prevented from voting or either because some didnt have the voter cards despite all of that many people came out to vote most of them are 1st time voters so big turnout and a peaceful so far election now its during the counting thats happening now that perhaps trouble lies ahead we know already that the opposition says that if a is. Seen as the front runner the winner then they wont even accept results theres also the the f. N. D. C. The front for the for the for the National Defense of the constitution ive been protesting over the course of the years these are members of Civil Society as well as the opposition they wanted to protest on friday well theyve announced today that if they is seen as the front runner then they will not accept the Election Results while that would mean that there would be perhaps more violence on the streets and the un office for the prevention of genocide is concerned about about all of this over the course of the year weve seen 90 People Killed most of the Security Forces targeting ethnic full lonnies most of them support opposition leader. Is president if he can a month down party which is positive coalition hes also a Senior Advisor to challenge a former president ial candidate himself he joins us now from conakry by skype so the results of the election not you for a few days but just based on your observations and your concerns about the vote as the opposition made up its mind about not accepting the results. Thank you very much the opposition in fact is there a practical matter king for if there are elections and what theyre going to Fair Elections will bring about will be accept you know what 1st i want to live my idea of youre a little bit thought because you do share prices early days here and when it is trying to guarantee of 7 and points and cause additional to return so it is has been in disagreement with the good in population and thus has been every entity National Mission why to protest against president s and of course our grafters still decided to participate in the selection right yes you have decided to participate if you selections because this is a way also looked to be done more straight and all to ensure it change in leadership in guinea and this is why i dont was in has participated in a busy election however head of that is election it is significant and. What is has been that all the rigging up there looks and preventing beginning from casting their ballot because the president going to has a subtle influence if you look at the Ethnic Division and has you will usually step in security are going to carry out these and difficult because it has been accused of doing that as well in terms of inflaming Ethnic Divisions i mean. Whereas you have a z. Interview debro times the president of the new york it was a sham party has come out of all these instabilities they have. And a Fair Election process because it is on our interests to ensure that this process is fair and democratic which will ensure it transitions up our lead as you can remember in 2000 then in 2015 we endured a really unfair and b. Elections but in the end as of peace stability is and will begin their 1st look at it it still doesnt yellow back then accept it as it can i ask then what you might do this time around how you would challenge the results would you result to the Constitutional Court legal challenges or what that be further steps taken. We will that we hope that the process will be fair and just and the winner of the ballot will be the carrier and the president one day will be ready to accept the result of that of the world. However unfair the result will not be possible this time around if there will grab the wheel of that even people is going to frustrate that with the yes and begins today with a change in leadership or is it better social Economic Development is a severe issue. To peace and stability in that it cannot say that because in the un and other situations a voiced concern about the prospect of there being no Ethnic Violence in the country and both the government and the opposition have been accused of exploiting those divisions for political gain how will you prevent ethnic clashes and violence if if and when you decide to dispute the results of the election. You know the population of giving really not see a new city as it was an issue this is all it political given the political leaders particularly the party in power would it use it is it legal if i were to be able to mix ignorance between them as i was and as their counting continues we in the opposition who call for peace and stability of zoners are continue to monitor and account and we hope that it democratic will occupy people opinions will be respect that however we have received several issues and those there are problems as i can anticipate that there are process today if you board. Or is nation that did not open on time that ability hours later or d d what or what those has been rejected from what decisions or a lot of their my ideas and if you have seen earlier all borders has been closed between doing it with the center just remember anything can i just get a very quick on how would you be prepared to negotiate with a government headed by alpha conde if it would prevent violence and instability in the country. As we can see the day with the end to the us and i think you know you have a quarter not for a change in the government you wouldnt want it respect of the polling stations results right. Thank you very much. For joining us yellow emerges as the winner we will really be looking for our vote for what it does for a smooth transition of power you know the leadership in getting there are right and weve got all no community to really assist in the immediate actions the ensures that there is on the elections i respect your decision of given their lesion and whats going to happen next all right well thank you very much again a appreciate your time tana jalla president of the game a down party which is have a choose the Opposition Alliance in this election and any thank you. Well now at least 2 people have been killed during ethnic clashes in the east of ivory coast violence broke out in and around the city of new which is a stronghold of the leading o