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Boric’s government will be a test for how new left formations can handle state power.
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Gabriel Boric, former student leader, will become Chile’s youngest president after storming to a resounding victory (56-44) in a run-off vote against his far-right opponent, José Antonio Kast. Kast quickly accepted his defeat and called Boric to congratulate him.
One of the last songs Victor Jara wrote, and a poem composed in his final days, while imprisoned in a Santiago stadium.
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Leftwing former student pledges to unite country and tackle poverty and inequality. The triumph of Boric, who belongs to a generation deeply opposed to the extreme economic model bequeathed to Chile by the Pinochet dictatorship
Victories in Chile and Honduras, bitter fights in Asia and Sudan, and more
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