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[^1]\n\nGustavo Campos, vice-dean of Economics and Government at the University of Chile, wrote an opinion piece on September 5, 2026, analyzing the institutional lessons of the September 4, 2026, constitutional plebiscite. [^2]\n\nEstimates suggest that between 3% and 4% of Latin America's GDP is related to organized crime activities. [^3]\n\nJuan Andrés Medel warned that illegal mining in Peru is likely to escalate due to the interest of criminal organizations and the behavior of international gold prices. [^4]\n\nResearch cited by Juan Andrés Medel indicates that the relationship between corrupt public officials and organized crime can occur when officials seek out criminal organizations, often because they are already corrupt. [^5]\n\nGustavo Campos argued that the plebiscite demonstrated the importance of agreements, noting that durable constitutions are those where different majorities can recognize each other even when they lose. [^6]\n\nGustavo Campos claimed that the plebiscite marked the loss of 'baroque constitutionalism,' the idea that a constitution must contain answers for a wide variety of social demands and identities. [^7]\n\nGustavo Campos stated that the 62% rejection result of the plebiscite was transversal and contingent rather than constituting a new political cleavage in Chilean politics. 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