I think we need to see the convention as a micro cosmos of what the far right is doing, and what what the power is within. I am not saying that the evangelicals are not a very strong unow force. However, they are very disciplined, and they're already voting. They have used demeti, i imagine some one that has, i do no less than six % of the vote is in all, you know, the news. And they have elected farright leaders in other countries ofof the region,. el salvalor, von sonaroet ce cs, exactly. So i think w wish not or interpret what we see from the iceberg, and we should be
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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