Polls show Chile wants to replace its dictatorship-era constitution. But is a new constitution what’s best for Chile? Patricio Navia, an AQ columnist and political scientist at NYU, says it’s not. In the inaugural episode of the Americas Quarterly Podcast, Navia joins AQ Editor-in-chief Brian Winter to talk about the risks of starting from scratch.The Americas Quarterly Podcast is a new production of Americas Quarterly. For more information, check out AmericasQuarterly.orgBackground reading1. Chile’s Riots: Frustration at the Gate of the Promised Land, by Patricio Navia https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/chiles-riots-frustration-gate-promised-land2. Trapped: What If Chile Ends Up Like Argentina? by Eduardo Levy Yeyati (https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/trapped-what-if-chile-ends-argentina)3. Chile Is About to Make a Huge Mistake, by Patricio Navia (https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/chile-about-make-huge-mistake)
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