180. What was Wrong with Chile’s Constitution? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish"><u><strong>Support the Podcast and Join my Patreon HERE -- https://www.patreon.com/thinkinginenglish</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/CLICK%20HERE%20TO%20DONATE%20OR%20SUPPORT%20TO%20PODCAST!!!!%20-%20https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/"><u><strong>CLICK HERE TO DONATE OR SUPPORT THE PODCAST!!!! - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/donate-and-support/</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Earlier this year, Chile drafted one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. It would have guaranteed rights for indigenous people, social policies, and environmental protection. Let’s discuss what a constitution is, why Chile’s proposed constitution was unprecedented, and why it ultimately failed!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/10/17/what-was-wrong-with-chiles-constitution/" target="_blank"><strong>TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/10/17/what-was-wrong-with-chiles-constitution/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>You may also like...</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/10/12/donald-trumps-legal-trouble/"><u>179. Donald Trump's Legal Troubles (English Vocabulary Lesson)</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/10/10/what-is-inflation/"><u>178. What is Inflation? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/10/05/should-student-loan-debt-be-forgiven/"><u>177. Should Student Loan Debt be Forgiven? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2022/10/03/what-was-the-french-revolution/"><u>176. What was the French Revolution? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1fuqul"><u>thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) </u></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/"><u>Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h2>Vocabulary List</h2> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Progressive (adj) – progressive ideas or systems are new and modern, encouraging change in society</strong></p> <p><em>His government promised to introduce more progressive social policies</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Right (n) – the fact that a person can expect to be treated in a fair, morally acceptable, or legal way</strong></p> <p><em>Everyone has the right to education</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Principle (n) – the basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works</strong></p> <p><em>The country is run on socialist principles</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Fundamental (adj) – forming the base, from which everything else develops</strong></p> <p><em>We need to make fundamental changes to the way in which we treat our environment</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Free market (n) – an economic system with only a small amount of government control, in which prices and earnings are decided by the level of demand</strong></p> <p><em>In a free market, if demand for a product increases, then so does its price</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Indigenous (adj) – used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place</strong></p> <p><em>The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Provision (n) – a statement within an agreement or law that a particular thing must happen or be done</strong></p> <p><em>There are provisions in the law to protect foreign workers</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Misinformation (n) – wrong information, information intended to deceive, or the fact that people are misinformed</strong></p> <p><em>Th

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