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November 22, 2021

Chile Presidential Runoff Will Pit Far-Right Populist Against Progressive Student Protest Leader
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In Chile, two presidential candidates - a far-right populist and a
former student protest leader - will face off in a runoff election next
month after neither candidate received enough votes Sunday to declare
victory. With more than 90 percent of ballots counted, far-right
presidential hopeful José Antonio Kast appeared to lead in the first
round. Kast opposes abortion and marriage equality, and ran a campaign
on anti-immigration rhetoric. He's also an apologist for the former
U.S.-backed Pinochet dictatorship. Meanwhile, Gabriel Boric is a
35-year-old, former student activist, who supports progressive social
reforms and an overhaul of neoliberal economic policies.


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