Chile votes to reject new conservative constitution which threatened rights of women

Current constitution dating back to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet will now stay in place after two drafts were rejected in referendums Chileans have voted to reject a new conservative constitution to replace its current text, in a nationwide plebiscite, with the "against" option winning more than 55%. The 1980 constitution drafted during Gen Augusto Pinochet's bloody dictatorship will now remain in place, making the result bittersweet for Chile's progressives and its leftwing governme...