Posted on 12/19/2021 5:28:40 PM PST by KingofZion
Leftist Congressman Gabriel Boric, 35, will become the youngest president in Chile’s history after winning a comfortable victory in the South American nation’s most polarized election since its return to democracy more than 30 years ago. With virtually all of the vote counted, the millennial progressive who burst into prominence a decade ago as a shaggy-haired student protest leader had garnered almost 56% of the ballots.
That compared with about 44% for his opponent, José Antonio Kast, 55, a far-right career politician and admirer of Chile’s former military dictatorship.
*** the results represented the latest triumph for the left in Latin America, where the COVID-19 pandemic has battered economies and left many voters soured on traditional political parties. Leftist leaders have been elected since 2020 in two of Chile’s neighbors, Bolivia and Peru, and a center-left president leads adjacent Argentina.
The runoff vote in Chile featured a study in contrasts — the leftist former student activist allied with the Communist Party and the ultraconservative free marketeer who reminds many of former President Trump and his South American devotee, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Since emerging from Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chile — the world’s leading copper producer and a dependable U.S. ally — has been widely viewed as a wealthy bastion of stability and economic progress in a volatile region. However, mass street protests in 2019 exposed deep divisions in the nation of 19 million where, amid considerable wealth, half of workers earn about $500 a month. Opposition to a transit fare hike quickly expanded into a nationwide mobilization against inequality.
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Did they learn voter fraud protocol from the American Democratic Communist party?
If they did indeed vote for this, they're going to get exactly what they voted for.
Weren’t these “mass street protests” the BLM-like violent riots where mobs of thugs destroyed churches?
I think Serpenthead Carville got involved in meddling with South American elections a while back. I wonder which leftwingnut Americans were down in Chile agitating in 2019?
Prepare for Chilean refugees...
Dominion machines?
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
— Ronald Reagan
Last time they did this they ended up running out of bread.
Very sad; Chile is a beautiful country and now they have a leftwing loser as President who will ruin the economy.
Chile is “F”ed!
Most macro indicators had already started to decline under Michelle Bachelet, along with general living standards. Now I expect them to go into a freefall.
The spin from the Los Angeles Times is an outlandish farce of the real issues at stake. Fake news propaganda appears to be just as bad, or worse, in Chile as it is here in the USA.
One of his stated goals is “reforming” their Social Security system. You know, the one is one of the very best on earth, it’s actually an asset that goes to your estate when you die. You actually own it and invest.
He’s going to “reform” it.
Dominion Voting Systems Uber Alles.
The Mapuche Indians have demanded the return of farms that have been built into remarkable food and wine producers. Their demands have often been accompanied by violence. When the lands are returned to the tribes, they don’t do much with them and the farms fall into disrepair. Soon, they’ll be yelling about why there is no food. Don’t doubt that the leftists and their damned corporate allies won’t pull the same crap against the farms here.
Darn, I was thinking of moving there if things get any worse here. Coastline was like Southern California without all the people.
Everything Pinochet did to restore freedom to Chile has been undone. Sad.
Chile is a rare success story. Heavy hand rule by Pincohet unleashed prosperity in the country. Guess it won’t last.
That’s just what happened when the Israelis left the Gaza Strip. Working farms destroyed shortly after takeover. As well, that’s also what happened when the white South Africans ceded power to the ANC. Working farms destroyed shortly after takeover. Food for thought there, Chile!
It’s what the people wanted. Should the right have done more to placate those that work 45 hours/wk and earn only $500/mo? We have the same problem here. People working in fast food joints/retail making what little their employers can get away with.
There is an answer.
His pension “reform” consists of looting the accounts of those who have worked and saved for their entire lives. In return, they get the same pension of those who saved nothing
Even this is dependent on the faith that the Chilean peso will have actual real world purchasing power; a dubious promise under a government of grifters and delinquents.
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