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Post by gallito on Dec 19, 2021 22:58:06 GMT -5
A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. With 56 per cent of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker Jose Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully to scare voters that his young, inexperienced opponent would upend Chile's vaunted record as Latin America's most stable, advanced economy. In a model of democratic civility that broke from the polarizing rhetoric of the campaign, Kast immediately recognized defeat, tweeting a photo of himself on the phone with his opponent congratulating him on his "grand triumph." He then later traveled personally to Boric's campaign headquarters to meet with his rival. www.cbc.ca/news/world/chile-election-1.6292170
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Post by wildstubby on Dec 20, 2021 9:17:07 GMT -5
I like how all these news outlet like to paint those conservatives that lose as a 'firebrand likened to Donald Trump'. George Santayana said it best: "Those who fail to remember the past are condemned to repeat it!"
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