This weekend, around 15 million Chileans will go to the polls to elect the 155 members of the Constitutional Convention, a body that will be responsible for rewriting the country’s dictatorship-era constitution inherited from the era of Pinochet

2019 saw historic revolts against the neoliberal economic model that favors the elite and wealthy while making life precarious and miserable for the working-class

Despite heavy police and military repression, Chileans stand firm in their demand for a new constitution through a National Constituent Assembly

We take a look at these policies and the transport fare hike that was the immediate trigger for these protests.