Gabriel Boric's victory is part of an anti-incumbent trend in Latin America
But Mr Boric, who leads an alliance between a party he founded in 2017 and the Communist Party, is in many ways more woke than these leaders. With a programme focused on social justice, human rights, the environment and feminism, he represents a newin a region long dominated by populist demagogues. Yet his plan to create a Chilean welfare state will face serious economic and political challenges, which his team until now has appeared ill-positioned to manage.
More recently he has appeared to become more mainstream. In 2019 he signed an agreement with the government that paved the way for the country to—an accord many in his current coalition rejected for making concessions to the right. After Mr Kast’s win in the first round, Mr Boric went to La Pintana, a poor neighborhood in Santiago, where he promised to be tough on crime. He recruited Izkia Siches, the popular head of Chile’s medical union, to lead his campaign.
Even with his resounding win, Mr Boric faces a tough road ahead. Following a general election in November, the Senate is now evenly split between left and right. In the lower house, the new president’s coalition commands only 37 of 155 seats.
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