Chile enters a decisive month, on the eve of the constitutional referendum scheduled for the end of April. With the formal start of the year after the summer holidays, March becomes a thermometer to gauge the country's tension after the popular uprisings of the end of last year, which have persisted to date although with less intensity. It will also be for the Government of Sebastián Piñera, who must show that he can control public order and, at the same time, ensure that the security forces respect human rights, a major challenge to the number of complaints about the bad behavior of these bodies from various international organizations. March 8 will be the first test; That day is called, as in many other cities in the world, a great feminist protest.
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The instability that Chile permeates in recent months has been reflected in the blow that has suffered the economy of the South American country. The Government has lowered growth expectations for this year to 1.3%, almost half of what was expected. But the underlying problem, and which has few signs of being solved in the short term, is the growing political gap that has tightened the environment in Chile and radicalized positions that were asleep under the umbrella of economic prosperity and what became known as the “ miracle ”Chilean.
The exit to this situation is as necessary as chimeric in the short term, to the extent that there are no actors that can channel the demands of the population. Some political groups question the realization of the April plebiscite if the tension is not reduced, something that the country could not assume. The political parties have demonstrated their inability to reach agreements that reap certain legitimacy between the population and trust in the institutions is on the ground, with the armed forces, with 24%, being the best considered. The urgency to achieve a great national pact that responds to the demands of the population is increasingly manifest. Otherwise, Chile will plunge into an uncertain future.
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