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Chile: Leftist Administration Hit Hard By Latest Constitutional Vote

Marc Cooper / Truthdig May 10, 2023 The extreme right takes 22 out of 50 seats on a committee to rewrite the constitution. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Chile’s Utopia Has Been Postponed

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Mar 8, 2023 Journalist Marc Cooper was serving as personal translator to Chilean president Salvador Allende when the 1973 U.S.-backed coup led by Augusto Pinochet forced him to flee the country. In January, Cooper returned to Santiago to observe the country’s political situation 50 years later. He found a Chile transformed but uncertain, struggling to chart a course forward one year after the election of its first leftist government since Allende.

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How the Big Awakening Became a Hangover

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Mar 8, 2023 Chile's new constitution failed. Now its leftist president is trying to reignite hopes for change.

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Allende, Pinochet and Beyond: 50 Years of Chilean Politics

Marc Cooper / Truthdig Mar 8, 2023 Looking back at Chile's political history from President Salvador Allende's presidency to today Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )