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July 6, 2021

Mapuche Leader Elisa Loncón to Lead Rewrite of Chile's Pinochet-Era Constitution
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In Chile, an Indigenous Mapuche woman has been chosen to lead the
rewriting of the country's constitution. Elisa Loncón is a university
professor and community advocate. She was picked by over half of the 155
delegates charged with drafting a new Chilean constitution that will
replace the current document, created under the U.S.-backed dictator
Augusto Pinochet. This is Loncón speaking Monday.

Elisa Loncón: "This convention today that I have the responsibility of
presiding over will transform Chile, a plurinational Chile, an
intercultural Chile, a Chile that does not go against the rights of
women, the rights of citizens, a Chile that looks after Mother Earth,
and a Chile that safeguards water against being dominated."



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