The Need for Accountability Over Impunity in Chile

Ramona Wadi- Chilean state actors should be held accountable to the people’s demands for democratic changes in the country, otherwise #Chile’s long-standing democratic tradition risks being lost to th

With a new constitution, Chilean state actors should be held accountable to the people’s demands for democratic changes in the country, otherwise Chile’s long-standing democratic tradition risks being lost to the dynamics of state violence.

While Chileans are still awaiting the process of a new constitution to end Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship legacy in the country, police brutality is in the spotlight for two reasons – the increase in violence since the start of the protests in 2019, which turned into organised social demonstrations clamouring for change, and the calls to dissolve the Carabineros.

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