The Feminist Movement in Chile has historically been a force for social transformation. It was also a key actor in the 2019 Social Outburst and the 2021 Constitutional Convention. This article examines how feminist social justice expanded constitutional debates beyond traditional frameworks, incorporating the struggle against patriarchy, racism, and neoliberalism. It not only promoted normative changes but also challenged dominant discourses in public debate. Through the fight for gender parity, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from violence, and a feminist perspective on social rights, feminists proposed a broader model of justice.
This article presents the main conclusions of a doctoral dissertation on the history of the “Bogotazo” or “April 9th 1948”, a cycle of revolts that began as a reaction to the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Thanks to new source material surrounding the execution of a Catholic priest by machete blows, the analysis explains why, in two medium-sized cities of central Colombia, public homicides are few in number yet exceptionally cruel. From a microhistorical perspective, this study thus provides a novel interpretation of a key event in 20th-century Colombian history.
