Chile’s New President and the Polarization of South America

Has the pandemic turned the region left again?

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Last week, Chile held a presidential election that featured two candidates on absolute opposite ends of the political spectrum. On the far right was Jose Antonio Kast, a law-and-order type politician who stands for free markets and opposes abortion and illegal immigration. He was defeated in the second round by Gabriel Boric, the first far-left […]

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