Editing History of Chile (section)

=== Gabriel Boric presidency (2022- ) ===

On 11 March 2022,  Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president to succeed outgoing President Sebastian Pinera.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gabriel Boric, 36, sworn in as president to herald new era for Chile |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/11/gabriel-boric-chile-president-new-era |work=The Guardian |date=11 March 2022 |language=en |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312233147/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/11/gabriel-boric-chile-president-new-era |url-status=live }}</ref> Out of 24 members of Gabriel Boric's female-majority Cabinet, 14 are women.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chile's president-elect names progressive, majority-women cabinet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/chile-gabriel-boric-cabinet-majority-women |work=The Guardian |date=21 January 2022 |language=en |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125135734/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/21/chile-gabriel-boric-cabinet-majority-women |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 4 September 2022, voters rejected overwhelmingly the [[2022 proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile|new constitution]] in the [[2022 Chilean constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]], which was put forward by the [[Constitutional Convention (Chile)|constitutional convention]] and strongly backed by President Boric.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chile constitution: Voters overwhelmingly reject radical change |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62792025 |work=BBC News |date=5 September 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905063525/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62792025 |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the dismissal of the proposed constitution the issue of constitutional [[plurinationalism]] was noted in polls as particularly divisive in Chile.<ref>{{Cite news |title=El debate sobre el reconocimiento del "Estado plurinacional" divide a los chilenos |url=https://elpais.com/chile/2022-08-31/la-plurinacionalidad-de-la-nueva-constitucion-no-genera-consenso-entre-los-chilenos.html |last=Montes |first=Rocío |date=2022-08-31 |access-date=2022-09-24 |work=[[El País]] |language=Spanish |archive-date=2022-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923213400/https://elpais.com/chile/2022-08-31/la-plurinacionalidad-de-la-nueva-constitucion-no-genera-consenso-entre-los-chilenos.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2023, the far-right Republican Party became first in Chilean Constitutional Council [[2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election|election]].The Republican party won 22 out of the 51 seats, with right-wing parties winning another 11 seats, in the assembly tasked with drawing up Chile's new constitution.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chile constitution: Far-right party biggest in new assembly |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65524068 |date=8 May 2023}}</ref> In December 2023, Chilean voters rejected in a [[2023 Chilean constitutional referendum|referendum]] a proposed new constitution drafted by a conservative-led committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chile voters reject conservative constitution in second referendum |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231217-chile-voters-reject-conservative-constitution-to-replace-dictatorship-era-text |work=France 24 |date=17 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>