Chileans vote to rewrite nation’s constitution

Chileans have voted overwhelmingly in support of rewriting their constitution, which dates to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

With nearly 90 percent of the vote counted, 78 percent of people had voted yes in a referendum that was called after mass protests against inequality.

President Sebastian Piñera acknowledged the result and praised the peaceful vote.

A year ago, a mass anti-government protest movement began in Chile and one of the demonstrators’ key demands was that the country needed a new constitution to be able to fix deep inequalities in society.