A former Chilean diplomat writes that many in the country bitterly remembered the role of the US government, and Kissinger in particular, in the breakdown of democracy.

Boric's ambitious programme of pension, health and tax reform, among other key items, will need much fine-tuning to get through Congress, where his coalition does not have a majority.

As opposed to the old non-alignment, that had a strong defensive component, active non-alignment would look to expand, not to limit, the ties of Latin American nations with that vast non-Western world.

The Latin American country will now replace the constitution which had been in use from the time of dictator Augusto Pinochet's rule in the 1970s, following massive nationwide protests in 2019.