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LatinNews Daily - 17 August 2026
CHILE: High court shoots down elements of Kast’s mega reform
On 14 August Chile’s constitutional court (TC) struck down part of the flagship legislative initiative of the far-right government led by President José Antonio Kast, which was definitively approved by congress last week, on the grounds that it was unconstitutional.
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