Constitution of Chile

Constitution of Chile Government of Chile

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The Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile

Chapter I: Bases of the National Institution

Article I

The people are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

The family is the fundamental nucleus of society.

The State [of Chile] recognizes and protects the intermediate groups through which society organizes and structures itself and the State guarantees the suitable autonomy to them to fulfill their own specific aims.

The State is to the service of the human person and its [the State's] purpose is to promote the community, for which it [the State] must contribute to to create the social conditions that allow all and each of the members of the national community to create their greater possible spiritual and material accomplishment, with total respect to the rights and guarantees that this Constitution establishes.

It is of the State's responsibility to protect the national security, to give protection to the population and to the family, to prohang to the fortification of this one, to promote the harmonic integration of all the sectors of the Nation and to assure the right the people have to participate with the equality of opportunities in life in this Nation.

Article II

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