Quietly, without breaking through the noise surrounding hurricanes and war protests, some good news from Chile.
Posted by binky at September 27, 2005 12:27 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Latin AmericaToday, on Chile's 195th birthday, the Pinochet Constitution is now merely part of the miserable history of his horrid rule:
In a highly symbolic act aimed at ushering in a new political era in Chile, President Ricardo Lagos signed Chile’s new Constitution Saturday morning in a ceremony at the La Moneda presidential palace in the presence of the nation’s most important political, religious and civic leaders.
Lagos proclaimed that the new Constitution signifies an end to Chile’s transition to democracy - a process that begin in 1988 following the defeat of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet in a national plebiscite wherein Pinochet sought an additional eight year mandate.