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The Chilean right will be absent from commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the coup, organized by the Government of Gabriel Boric.
PREAMBLE In many of our articles we have referred to the implacable struggle that the Chilean 'political elite' is waging against the national community.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans favored left-leaning independent candidates in electing an assembly that will draft a new constitution, replacing the one imposed in the 1980s during the military dictatorship. In a major blow to the traditional political forces in Chile, weekend voting for the 155-member constitutional assembly gave 48 seats to independent candidates, most of them identified with leftist ideology, according to official results announced Monday. The next biggest group was the governing center-right coalition, with 37 seats, and then the Communist Party with 28. Twenty-five seats...