US EditionChile Runoff to Pit Communist Candidate Against Far-Right
- On Sunday, Chile's first‑round vote produced no outright winner, sending the presidential election to a December run‑off between Jeannette Jara, Communist Party candidate, and far‑right candidate José Antonio Kast.
- A divided right‑wing field helped shape the outcome, as several right‑wing candidates split conservative support and automatic voter registration and compulsory voting changed turnout.
- José Antonio Kast presents himself with hardline immigration and security plans, including a `border wall`, deportations, and new prisons, while Jara, a Communist Party member and former minister, proposes boosting lithium, raising wages, and deploying the army to borders.
- The outcome could directly affect at least 330,000 undocumented migrants, with the National Migration Service reaching more than 1.9 million people, as Chilean voters face the decisive run‑off.
- Chile's growing foreign population has made migration central to the contest, as the runoff’s ideological clash on immigration and security could reshape Chile’s appeal to migrants and its policies.
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Communist Jeannette Jara comes first in Chile’s presidential election, heads to run-off
Chilean voters cast their ballots for president on Sunday, putting Communist Jeannette Jara in first place with 27% in a multi-candidate race. She beat out the country’s most infamous fascist son, José Antonio Kast, who captured 24%. The two will now advance to a Dec. 14 run-off, setting up a true class struggle for the presidency. Jara is a rare working-class candidate in a country where for many decades political leaders only hailed from the w…
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The Communist party candidate, Jeannette Jara, from the governing coalition, narrowly won the initial round in Chile’s presidential elections on Sunday. This was an unprecedented moment – not only for Chile, but for the entire region. Despite its lefty reputation, no big-C communist party – except for Cuba’s – has ever won a national election in Latin America. Now, in the land of Pinochet and the Chicago Boys, communism is on the march. As a po…
Chilean voters must decide in the presidential election between a communist and a right, both of which will meet in the final election on 14 December.
Since none of the eight candidates obtained more than 50%, the presidency will be defined next month
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