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SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile is bracing for a nationwide, two- day shutdown as unions, students and center-left political parties demand fundamental changes in society.
They want to replace Chile’s dictatorship-era constitution, which concentrates vast power in the presidency, with a new charter enabling popular referendums and making free quality education a right for all citizens. They also want pension reforms, a new labor code and more health care spending.
Chile’s largest union coalition called the strike for today and Thursday to join forces with high school and university students who have boycotted classes for three months.
