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Constitutional assembly members gather for the first session to draft a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile July 4, 2021. Reuters pic
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SANTIAGO, July 5 Chile on Sunday installed a new 155-member body charged with writing a new constitution meant to pry power from the hands of the elite and spread it more equitably in the South American nation.
The historic process was delayed for hours after protesters and a special police unit clashed in the streets of Santiago near where the ceremony was held.
Election official Carmen Gloria Valladares read out, one-by-one, the names of the 155 members elected in May.
Chile installs historic constitutional convention amid protests
published : 5 Jul 2021 at 07:45 Workers on July 2, 2021 preparing the site near Chile s former Congress building in Santiago for the installation of the new Constitutional Convention
SANTIAGO - Chile on Sunday installed a new 155-member body charged with writing a new constitution meant to pry power from the hands of the elite and spread it more equitably in the South American nation.
The historic process was delayed for hours after protesters and a special police unit clashed in the streets of Santiago near where the ceremony was held.
Election official Carmen Gloria Valladares read out, one-by-one, the names of the 155 members elected in May.