Politically polarized Chile will hold presidential elections on Sunday, with voters willing to overthrow an economic model installed during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, or determined to redouble its free-market spirit. So far, the vote is shaping up to be a battle between two candidates from opposite ends of the political spectrum: the conservative José Antonio […]
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Chileans go to the polls in an environment of great uncertainty
Chileans will vote on the weekend for who they want the new president to be for the next four years, when there is strong political polarization, an economy showing signs of overheating and a convention drafts a new constitution. Here are some aspects of the elections that will take place on November 21: How does […]
Chile before a close presidential election with the entire political spectrum in the arena
On Chile There are 15 million voters, half of them undecided, summoned next Sunday to elect the successor of Sebastian Piñera among seven candidates, from the extreme left to the extreme right, in one of the most uncertain elections in 31 years of democracy. On Sunday there are also votes for 155 deputies, 27 of […]
The decline of the traditional parties brings Chile closer to a change of cycle
For the first time in the history of Chilean democracy, none of the favorites in next Sunday’s presidential elections is part of the two traditional coalitions of the center-left and center-right that for more than 30 years shared power. Although there is distrust towards the polls due to their mistakes in the last votes, almost […]
Boric, the former student leader who seeks to end the Chilean capitalist model
“If Chile was the cradle of the neoliberal, it will also be its grave”, Was one of the most outstanding phrases of the victory speech of Gabriel Boric in the July primaries, which made him the candidate of the coalition between the leftist Frente Amplio and the Communist Party. At just 35 years old, the […]
Chile’s presidential favorites tied with campaign paused by COVID-19
Updated on 11/04/2021 09:18 am The two favorite candidates for the presidential elections in Chile on November 21, the leftist Gabriel Boric and the rightist José Antonio Kast, tie in a new poll as the campaign comes to a halt due to a COVID-19 contagion and goes digital . Survey Criteria published this Thursday shows […]
Elections in Chile: Kast could beat Boric in the second round, according to polls
Chile’s conservative candidate José Antonio Kast could beat Gabriel Boric in the second presidential round, according to two polls that showed the main contender on the right closer than ever to winning the nation’s highest post. In an eventual second round, Kast would get 53.7% of valid votes to 46.3% for Boric, according to an […]
Chile’s conservative presidential candidate rises in polls
Conservative candidate José Antonio Kast advanced to a statistical tie with Gabriel Boric in one poll and closed in on the left-wing contender in another, one month before the presidential election. Kast, who is running for the Republican Party of Chile, received 21% support in a poll by local pollster Cadem published on Sunday, while […]