Eager for change, Chile faces long road to new constitution

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.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 secur