Anneo liberal order to keep going, let's talk more about the constitution. The protest movement has changed a lot in chile but most concretely by forcing the political class to establish a constituent assembly and rewrite the country's 19 80 constitution. I think there are two sides to the constitution. So one of and here there is this a relation with james buchanan and, you know, the chicago school. And they advise the chilen civico military dictatorship to tonalize its model,. basically to protect it.
Dan interviews scholars Aldo Madariaga and Camila Vergara about how Chilean politics have been playing out since the massive popular uprisings that began in October 2019.
Further reading:
jacobinlat.com/2021/06/19/el-neoliberalismo-atenta-contra-la-democracia-2
newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/burying-pinochet
jacobinmag.com/2021/06/rene-rojas-interview-democracy-new-constitution-constituent-assembly-plebiscite-left-chile
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