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Chileans have poured into the country’s main squares after people voted overwhelmingly to tear up the country’ s Pinochet-era constitution in favour of a new charter drafted by citizens.
In Santiago’s Plaza Italia, fireworks rose above a crowd of tens of thousands of jubilant people singing in unison on Sunday night as the word “rebirth” was beamed onto a tower above.
With more than three quarters of the votes counted from Sunday’s referendum, 78.12 per cent of voters had opted for a new constitution that many hope will guarantee more equal rights to healthcare, pensions and education.
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