Chile looks for way forward after rejecting new constitution

By DANIEL POLITI
Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean leaders are trying to chart a fresh course toward updating the country’s dictatorship-era constitution after voters overwhelmingly rejected a progressive proposal that many felt went too far. The heavy loss is a a blow to youthful President Gabriel Boric, who’d backed the proposal,. He met with congressional leaders Monday to begin hammering out a way to create another proposal or modify the current constitution. Although rejection had been expected in Sunday’s plebiscite, the almost 24-point margin was a shocking repudiation  of a document that had been promoted as a democratic effort to replace the constitution imposed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago.