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Chile's government is a presidential democracy based on a constitution adopted in 1980.  The government consists of three branches: an executive (led by a president), a bicameral legislature, and a judiciary.

The current Chilean Constitution is a result of reforms made to the Constitution by the military junta led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte in 1980. A coalition of opposition parties formed the Concertacion por el No coalition (the Concertacion) in 1989 and successfully led a...

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