Chileans are headed to the polls in September for what will be the most important election of their lifetime. They will vote on whether to adopt or reject a proposed constitution written by a socialist-controlled assembly. The document, consisting of 388 articles, would create an unequal justice system and grant more rights for those who claim indigenous ancestry. It would effectively end private health care and education, and it would allow the congress to confiscate Chileans’ pension savings. The referendum on September 4 is the last chance for citizens to stop Chile from becoming a socialist country as Venezuela did over two decades ago.
Chile is and has been the success story of Latin America. Plagued by extreme poverty, shortages of goods, and hyperinflation in the early 1970s, it is the richest country in Latin America today. Extreme poverty has been nearly eradicated and intergenerational socioeconomic mobility is higher than in Germany, France, and even the United States.
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