Ramona Wadi
The amnesty bill is a beginning, but Chileans have a long road ahead, Ramona Wadi writes.
When, in October 2019, Chileans across the country protested and called for a new constitution as well as right-wing Sebastian Pinera's resignation, the state responded with violence, illustrating how neoliberal profit and repression of civilians are related.
Chile's Constitutional Assembly is making inroads in altering the neoliberal politics which sustained the country's transition to democracy since the fall of dictator Augusto Pinochet, yet the road ahead is fraught with the existing legacy of violence.