When politics has to solve the problems that it has caused, how can politics do that?

Marcela Rios Tobar

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Marcela Rios Tobar is the Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at International IDEA. From March 2022 until January 2023 she served as the Minister of Justice and Human Rights in Chile under Gabriel Boric.

Key Highlights

Introduction - 0:20
Background - 3:40
The Draft Constitutions - 18:04
Lost Opportunity? 35:11
Exceptional or Harbinger - 46:55

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