Celebrations as leftist Boric elected Chile's new president
2021-12-19: Chile Election
José Antonio Kast Acknowledges Defeat and Congratulates Gabriel Boric as Chilean President-Elect
Vijay Prashad, Taroa Zuniga Silva (2021-12-16). Chile is at the political crossroads: social renewal or decades of painful neoliberal policy. peoplesdispatch.org Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast reflects the failure of Chile to prosecute those who violated the rights of Chileans during the 30 years of Pinochet's rule…
Chile faces a real choice in this presidential election: between the far-right’s Kast and the left’s Boric. Boric says that he will reverse Chile’s habits of neoliberalism. But the election might not be a choice between the far-right and the left as much as it might be an election about the failure of Chile to prosecute those who violated the rights of Chileans during the 30 years of Pinochet’s rule.