Chile birth rate plummets as women say no to motherhood

In the past decade, births have fallen by 29 percent in Chile, now the country with the lowest birth rate in the Americas.

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With 1.17 children being born per woman, the Latin American nation is far from the 2.1 needed to maintain its population, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). File photo
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Chilean lawyer Camila Ramirez, 29, does not want to give up her freedom and well-being to become a mother, and she is not alone.

In the past decade, births

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