SANTIAGO — State workers in Chile promised to launch a massive, nationwide walk-off early on Tuesday, a sign protesters were not yet satisfied following the government’s decision to rewrite the country’s heavily critiqued dictatorship-era constitution. The new round of rallies and strikes over inequality and social injustices follow almost a month of unrest in Chile. The demonstrations have sometimes devolved into arson, riots and looting, leaving at least 20 dead and wreaking billions of dollars of damage to public infrastructure and private businesses. The road blockages prompted the Valparaiso-based upper and lower chambers of congress to suspend activities for the day. Many protesters said it was not enough, saying a referendum vote, not Congress, should determine the steps forward in redrafting the country’s 1980 Constitution.

Source: National Post November 12, 2019 13:41 UTC