The outgoing president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, asked this Sunday that the new president be “the president of all” during the polarized ballot in which the former left-wing student leader Gabriel Boric and the ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast compete. “Tonight we are going to have a new president elected by all of you and I […]
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Voting centers open in Chile for crucial ballot between Boric and Kast
More 2,500 voting centers opened this Sunday in Chile to start the second round of the presidential election in which former left-wing student leader Gabriel Boric and ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast compete to replace conservative Sebastián Piñera. More than 15 million people are called to vote in this election, the most polarized and decisive for […]
Chilean assets are at the mercy of Sunday’s elections
Chilean assets are bracing for a volatile week following the presidential elections that will determine whether the country continues with its free market economy or takes a left turn with more regulation and social spending. The peso and stocks have had one of the worst performances globally in the past six months, amid mounting speculation […]
Sharp division in the Chilean election offers a glimmer of hope to markets
Chile’s presidential elections, the most polarized in decades, have sent markets reeling, but there may be a positive outlook for investors: Candidates will face a divided Congress and have moderated their positions to attract centrist voters. Sunday’s elections pit former leftist student leader Gabriel Boric with conservative José Antonio Kast, both from outside the major […]
Kast, the right-wing who vindicates Pinochet and promises a peaceful future in Chile
“I invite you to dare for a peaceful future”, proposed in his campaign for the ballot this Sunday the right-wing Jose Antonio Kast, who assures that he will restore the lost order in Chile. An admirer of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), he is against abortion and equal marriage. Kast, 55, is a devout […]
Boric, the former student leader who wants more State without scaring the markets
Former student leader and left-wing deputy Gabriel Boric It is clear to him: Chile It will only be able to overcome socioeconomic inequality and heal the wounds of the social upheavals of 2019 with a stronger State and better basic services. A staunch critic of the neoliberal model installed during the military dictatorship (1973-1990) and […]
Chile, at a turning point, elects a new president
Chile chooses next Sunday between two opposing views of the country: that of the leftist deputy Gabriel Boric, who proposes a State that guarantees basic universal rights, and the right-wing lawyer José Antonio Kast, who seeks to restore order without touching the free market model . Boric (35) and Kast (55) present antagonistic proposals for […]
Chile foresees significant GDP growth in a decade due to the development of 5G technology
Updated on 12/16/2021 05:37 pm The development of technology 5G in Chile will contribute a growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of about US $ 15,000 million in a decade, said the president Sebastián Piñera. Chile has been an enthusiastic promoter of the mobile network, which allows data transmission at a much higher speed, […]
Two antagonistic models go to the polls in Chile led by Kast and Boric
Welfare state, feminism and environmentalism or anti-immigration ditches, traditional family and neoliberalism. They are the two antagonistic models that will compete in Chile this Sunday at the hands of former left-wing student leader Gabriel Boric and right-wing lawyer José Antonio Kast. The one that was for decades the most stable country in Latin America will […]
Presidential candidates Kast and Boric are tied for the ballot in Chile, according to survey
Updated on 12/16/2021 11:52 am Conservative José Antonio Kast and leftist Gabriel Boric appear tied in voting preferences for Sunday’s presidential ballot in Chile, according to a poll seen by Reuters on Thursday. Kast, who obtained the partial majority in the first round of November 21, has 48.5% of the preferences compared to Boric, which […]