our latin america editor lucio newman reports from santiago o. long before the attack on the twin towers in new york, there was another september 11th that made history. thousands of demonstrators marched past the presidential palace on the 49th anniversary of chilis, 1973, who deter it, overthrew socialist president salvador allende, and ushered in 17 years of military dictatorship. that has left deep scars to this day. in front of the presidential palace, riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse protest, hers who threw stones and incendiary bombs and security forces. this was just the beginning. excuse for one hair. we've just been drenched by the warner cannon, but the market is continuing. it's moving at this hour towards the general cemetery to pay tribute to former president i in there. that's where he is buried. but we are expecting a lot more confrontations along the way. ah, while violin protest is clashed with police, scores of others paid their respects to the thousands who were executed or were detained and disappeared a

that was supposed to address social ills which many so as to radical or latin america, editor lucio newman ports. from santiago, chilean president gabrielle bodied summoned his cabinet the morning after the stunning defeat of the new draft constitution in a referendum that also clearly reflected strong disapproval in his government's performance. those would place their hopes in the new charter put on a brave face. oh, it's a sin and they, it was a very progressive constitution in terms of the environment women's rights. so waking up to this is hard to me in them head in the constitutional process had been fraught with sectarianism and charges that radicals were trying to recreate chile rather than improve if was social reforms. former center left delegate, philippa had boy says, extremists went too far over the mode of the 1st thing. and i will be pointed out that the text had multiple arrows that it was based on a wrong diagnosis of what sheila wanted. but they wouldn't listen to go. many lament that the attempt to write a progressive constitution was a squandered opportunity. but all is

our latin america editor lucio newman reports from the stages of allegory, us fishermen even neil the de la morally, the north has worked most of his adult life here. 4 years ago we visited the jail to lateral, a shanty town on the shores of the moon. though lagoon day and night, the men dove for a tiny muscle like shellfish cold. so do. while the women and children toiled to extract receive food inside, they barely eat out a living. now, even that spawn even needed, a wanted to see that floods earlier this year destroy the livelihood of more than 1200 families. while father, i work with her when i saw 30 thought off go, only shells, they're all dead. there's nothing here. double a little more. if i needed to live in a tiny shack with his wife and 2 daughters seen which often, boom, bang, awesome, there's a lot of hunger here. yes, hunger, a lot of hardships that we can't make a living. annual of all the floods also destroyed many of the shacks, but only a few families have been offered an apartment and a public housing project that is swallowing up, their shanty town, leaving many li

more now from our latin america editor lucio newman, who's in the capitol santiago. what you see behind me are jubilant chileans who are celebrating the defeat of the draft constitution. they were the ones that were among the vast majority of children who voted against that proposal. they say that has said julian, democracy a short while ago president gabriella body to address the nation. know, and he said, he agreed that this had been a democratic process that more jillions than ever before. in history had participated in this referendum which was compulsory. and he also said that the process would continue, that he is calling for the leaders of all the political parties on monday to get together in the presidential palace. to discuss ways to move forward from now on because there seems to be a wide spread agreement that this is not the end of the road. that chile will not remain with the 1980 constitution that was written under the penis, a dictatorship. but rather that a new version must be written one that is more pluralistic and that takes into account point to

your ball scenario or latin america editor lucio newman. is that a boston our rally and santos? that's in the cell. palo region, a rally with brazil has the largest number monitors. he has been telling them what is that with .

our latin america editor lucio newman reports from pen bull co, a remote dirt road in northeastern brazil, the country's poorest region. this is where it, aldo santos takes us to see where his cousin, reecy nasir lula garcia. i was born or at least an exact replica, the home of donnelly, and do louis mother. you original fell down years ago. this was the typical house of subsistence farmers made of mud in coconut tree sticks, with no running water or electricity as his toilet thinks it won't buy the prosecutors yet as wise. it's important to reconstruct the story for future generations so that they can assimilate louis story and realize that they too can fight for collective justice in these times of individualism, but our dories. this was the bedroom with a family of 10 slept, and this suitcase was used as a closet until lula. the mother who was illiterate, decided to take all of her children to sao paolo never dreaming who one of her youngest sons would eventually become. newly began working at the age of 14 and went on to become a formidable trade union leader and founder of the worker

from santiago, our latin america editor lucio newman reports. it's not unusual for hollywood actors like mark ruffalo to weigh in on domestic politics. what, why does the star of the hoke cara? chile? specifically cindy's referendum on whether or not to approve an ambitious new constitution. earlier this week, ruffalo tweeted that the proposal represent hope for the world. one that has more equality and humanity and thoughtfulness in. and so i know a lot of great people worked on this and the are the world's looking toward you as a model to address the changing climate and the need for greater democracy. so lots of love and we are watching closely not just actors, but hundreds of intellectuals, scientists, environmentalists, human rights activists, economists and feminist from every continent. haven't dorothy chillies, draft constitution, which they describe as cutting edge. one of them is professor rich brandt. the constitution opens. space to rethink how the economy model, the social model, and the role of indigenous peoples, the role of women

desert occurs every 5 to 7 years. attracting local and foreign visitors. latin america editor lucio newman report style from copy apo in northern chile. this is the at the camera desert. the driest and most barren in the world. except right now, for the 1st time in 5 years it rained, and so like sleeping beauty, these flowers are awakening. and they are starting to bloom a phenomena that attract tourists from all over chilly and the world. you can have a boy in fair improvement. we believe that, yeah, it's unpredictable in the last 40 years that have been 13 of and either it c problems exist in a few other. does it like in southern california, a baton might be out. com at those. does it are inhabited and already have visitation. they'd be got to florida the seeds the produce these flowers and plants can lay dormant for a decade or more. the arid climate and the cold temperatures at night keep them from rotting. but what's also extraordinary is that for just a very few short months, a mini ecosystem emerges in this normally in hospitable terrain. first, the plants and the flowers attract th

our latin america editor lucio newman reports from south hollow for motorcycle caravan shot. the prelude to his public appearances there followed by supporters, cries of metal or legend. the minute they see president jade sonata, his middle name is messiah, and he believes god has chosen him to read brazil. his fancy, he has a different sort of superpower, your forge war god. you'll hear from your papa. i'm a lawyer, but i'm wearing a batman costume because i see both scenarios as a super hero without a cape, a guy who fights an entire system, defender of family values against abortion. wow. jane bull sonata was born here in the state of south bow, low to a family of humble means. he loved weapons and joined the army, but was expelled for bad behavior. who then became a congressman for an obscure right wing party. but after 74 year terms, he began to stand out. oh, and he made his career basically using this bad behavior. s a news from and to become famous as the one who say fingered up no one has the courage to say for example, the criminal should be shot on sight that he'd

but it's go live now to our latin america, editor lucio newman. she is in santiago. what is it? what is the mood in the atmosphere light where you are? lucio. hi there ma'am. where at the national stadium, this is the largest holding station in all of chile. it was also became infamous after the 1973 military cool here. but now it's been a very festive atmosphere throughout the day. it's been a very, very interesting election indeed you're, you can see behind me at the pole, there's a pony station behind me. there's nobody there but not because people have voted quite the contrary. it's estimated that at least 80 percent of people have already catch their votes. their ballads took about a minute and a half per person to cast it was very, very quick, very, very efficient. and there haven't been any hiccups at least so far. the counting will also be equally fast, and that will will begin in about 45 minutes time, but you are right. nobody really knows what the outcome will be despite what the polls say. because for the 1st time in history, it is obligatory to is mandatory to vote.

polls suggest that it could be rejected in the referendum from santiago, our latin america editor lucio newman reports. it's not unusual for hollywood actors like mark ruffalo to weigh in on domestic politics. what, why does the star of the hug kara chile specifically cindy's referendum on whether or not to approve an ambitious new constitution. earlier this week we'll follow tweeted that the proposal represent hope for the world. one that has more equality and humanity and thoughtfulness in and so i know a lot of great people worked on this and the are the world's looking toward you as a model to address the changing climate and the need for greater democracy. so lots of love and we are watching closely, not just actors, but in hundreds of intellectuals, scientists, environmentalists and human rights activists. economists and feminist from every continent have endorsed chiles, draft constitution, which they describe as cutting edge. one of them is professor rich brandt. the constitution opens a space to rethink how the economic model, the social model and the role of indigenous peoples, the r

a latin america edison lucio newman reports from santiago. ah, opponents of chili's new proposed constitution never dreamed they'd wind sundays referendum by such a wide margin. some toasted the victory. others hunk their horns convinced that the charter would have fan divisions and instability. you're looking at your data, but for our killer, i think the majority of us once a new constitution and that must be respected lawyer, but it has to be done properly. capable people to that persona, supporters of the proposed text insisted was progressive in cutting edge. it guaranteed gender parity, social rights to all allowed abortion and protection of the environment. yet many others believe it when to far, for instance, by recognizing chilling indigenous groups as individual nations. some people, even from the sent the left that are voting rights or, or rejection of this texas because they fear that this deborah taylor will be dismembered in somehow voting in this referendum was mandatory. but that's not the only reason why this vote will likely

term started in march, inflation has sword to a 28 year high and violent crime has increased. lucio newman joins us now live from santiago, where a rally is being held in support. of this new constitution, lucille, what would the constitutional changes though mean in practice and who is most most likely to benefit from these changes? hi there. yes, this is the, the final day from campaigning and this is the approved a rally where we are at right now. you can see there are a lot of people here, it's not actually starting for another hour or so, but there are thousands and thousands of people here who lead that their lives will benefit. but if you look at it does take it literally, everybody in the country should benefit, except perhaps the very, very small one percent of the richest segment of the population, which would have to pay higher taxes, which would have more restrictions, for example, on environmental damage. for mining and coal and, and a whole series of economic activities that right now do cause we cannot make damage . this is the 1st constitution in the world. in fact, that re

all right, let's cross live now to our latin america editor lucio newman in santiago. the caea this draft constitution was soundly defeated. is this result a surprise? a surprise for some, but the poles had certainly predicted what nobody had predicted was that this constitution i'm so sorry to give me that this wanted to do would be rejected. so it was such a resounding number of people. i'll let the president got the embodied spoke just a few minutes ago and his address to the nation. he said the people that jenny was not satisfied with the proposal that was delivered. we must present another proposal. he says that unites us with humility. i say we must listen to the voice of the people and we have to have a new opportunity. well, that is the president who is not only acknowledging the defeat of drop contribution that he's supported from day one, but also a result that is really a huge political blow to him and to his government, which has been in office for a little less than 6 months to clearly, chileans are also judging him his at the way his administration has, h

to lucio newman reports from campaign us. ah, a sea of yellowing green, the colors of brazil's flag needed president j. brewster murder. on his latest campaign stop. he reminded voters that he's recently cut the price of petrol by half, and increased handouts to the needy. but it's something else that makes most supporters worship him. we will want a few goals like govern, gina, all their goal, greece. we want them to feel very smooth body with it hub. oh god. oh campaign. this is the 2nd largest city of brazil's largest and most populous state. so power and winning it on october. second, selections is vital to both scenarios. chances for a 2nd term. bailey is not difficult to convince you. you just need to look at other countries that adopted communist ideology and show how much brazil was robbed between 2003 or 2015. he's referring to the administration of his formidable rival for the left wing president, and we see now sure, let the silver was when i was logan in this next in, in brazil, a mob. all else and god above every

i had a brazil's election this sunday in the run up to the votes or latin america editor lucio newman, visited lou last place of birth to retrace his political career. she reports from per number co, one of the countries poorest regions a remote dirt road in northeastern brazil, the country's poorest region. this is where it, aldo santos takes us to see where his cousin, reecy nasir lula. darcy, i was born, or at least an exact replica, the home of donnelly, and do louis mother. you original fell down years ago. this was the typical house of subsistence farmers made of mud, and coconut tree sticks with no running water or electricity. regresses, georgia and i think sick won't die, the prosecutors had a slice. it's important to reconstruct the story for future generations so that they can assimilate louis story and realize that they too can fight for collect of justice in these times of individualism is but our doors. this was the bedroom with a family of 10 slept, and this suitcase was used as a closet until lula mother who was illiterate, decided to take all of her children to sao pa

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