let's speak to jane chambers, who is a journalist based in santiago.ut about in chile today, give us a sense of what people are expecting from this moment of change. yes, there has been a huge turnout today, and when i was out, there were cars everywhere, streams or people outside the voting stations, and i think people are very hopeful about what this new change will mean, as katie said it was one of the key reforms during the process, something people have been pushing for, and it is very much seen as a symbol of hope that things would change, and what are seen as a deeply unfair country. let us talk a bit about the idea of unfairness and inequality because i suppose for many people, a constitution might seem like it is important but may be a bit dry, how often elections are held on how law is passed, but the current constitution in chile extends quite far into daily lives in the kind of services that people get from government, doesn't it? yes, it does but also there is the symbolism there. this is a constitution that was made during general pinoche

i've been speaking to jane chambers, a journalist based in santiago.ere has been a high turnout across the country. there has been a huge turnout today, and when i was out, there were cars everywhere, streams of people outside the voting stations, and i think people are very hopeful about what this new change will mean — it was one of the key reforms during the process, something people have been pushing for, and it is very much seen as a symbol of hope that things would change in what is seen as a deeply unfair country. let's talk a bit about the idea of unfairness and inequality, because i suppose for many people, a constitution might seem like it is important but maybe a bit dry — how often elections are held on how a law is passed, but the current constitution in chile extends quite far into daily lives and the kind of services that people get from government, doesn't it? yes, it does, but also there is the symbolism there. this is a constitution that was made during general pinochet‘s military dictatorship in 1980 and has been tweaked a bit since

jane chambers is a journalist based in santiago.ting took place in large numbers right across the country. there has been a huge turnout today. when i was out there, there were cars everywhere, streams of people outside the voting stations, and people are very hopeful about what this new change will mean. it was one of the key reforms during the process, it's something people have been pushing for, and it is very much seen as this symbol of hope that things would change in what is seen as a deeply unfair country. yes it does but also there's symbolism there, this is a constitution that was made during general pinochet‘s military dictatorship in 1990, and it has been tweaked since then but it is seen to protect the wealthy elite which goes back to this idea of inequality, businesses, their concerns, things like private water rights, so they want and feel if they can change this constitution that they can bring more equality to the country, and their daily lives will hopefully get easier. to other news: spain and italy are introducing