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Pills and Pinochet

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The Pros and Cons of Chile's Transition to Democracy

The US and Chile are the two presidential democracies with the strong presidential executive that have lasted the longest under the same constitution. So, you know, Ben Chile undergoes a significant political crisis culminating in 2019, which is one of these kind of cost of living crises. And so this, really, it concentrated the different forces within society, which were discontent with the neoliberal system, and ultimately led to a huge amount of public unrest.

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