Lucia Newman

As In­dige­nous Ma­puche con­flict es­ca­lates, some hope the writ­ing of a new con­sti­tu­tion could lay the ground­work for rec­on­cil­i­a­tion and peace in the trou­ble-torn re­gion of south­ern Chile.

Younger Ma­puche are or­gan­is­ing and some are tak­ing up arms to ex­pel peo­ple they view as for­eign in­vaders.

On this an­niver­sary, many hope that a new con­sti­tu­tion will re­place the one writ­ten dur­ing the dic­ta­tor­ship.

A shock­ing 85 per­cent of Ecuado­rans are now ei­ther un­em­ployed or in pre­car­i­ous jobs.

Antarc­ti­ca, which is used for sci­en­tif­ic pur­pos­es, be­longs to no sin­gle na­tion and is gov­erned by treaties.