Gabriel Boric

Constitutional Council President Breatriz Hevia, left, presents Chilean President Gabriel Boric with the final draft of the new national Constitution by as Constitutional Council Vice President Aldo Valle looks on during a ceremony at the former National Congress building in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Voters will decide on Dec. 17 to accept or reject the new Constitution. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Chile president calls for referendum on new constitution proposal drafted by conservative councilors

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has formally received the draft of a new constitution and is calling for a national referendum next month so citizens can decide whether the new charter will replace the country’s dictatorship-era constitution.

Chile's President Gabriel Boric watches swimming finals at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Sitting left is Chile's Sports Minister Jaime Pizarro. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Pan American Games give Chile’s Boric a break from political polarization

The relative of a person who was executed during Chile's dictatorship places a flower on the east side door of La Moneda presidential palace, through which the body of President Salvador Allende was carried by soldiers and firefighters 50 years ago after the military coup that toppled his government in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship

A truck carries salt used as part of lithium processing at the Albemarle lithium mine in Chile's Atacama desert, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Chile’s plan for state control in lithium dismays business

Newly-named Foreign Affairs Minister Albert van Klaveren attends a ceremony at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Friday, March 10, 2023. President Gabriel Boric changed his cabinet one day before completing his first year in government. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Chile’s president shakes up Cabinet, replaces five ministers

Chilean President Gabriel Boric, left, and former President Michelle Bachelet, applaud during a ceremony marking human rights month in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

Chile’s parties to retry replacing dictatorship constitution

Chile is going to try again to replace its constititution, which was imposed by a military dictatorship four decades ago.