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Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution
by EVA VERGARA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Associated Press
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A man walks with his dog past people lining up for their turn to vote during a referendum to decide whether the country should replace its 40-year-old constitution, written during the last dictatorship, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The fireworks and street celebrations are over in Chile, and now many months of hard work and uncertainty loom for a population impatient for change.

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One of Latin America's most affluent nations, and also one haunted by social and economic inequality, plans to draft a new constitution to replace the charter introduced during military rule decades ago. The project's launch comes during a global pandemic that sapped Chile's economy and follows protests and deadly clashes with security forces since last year.

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