On 11 March left-wing former student leader Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president of Chile. Gonzalo Cuadra Malinarich, a physician training to be a psychiatrist, was heavily involved in Boric’s campaign last year. He spoke to Sacha Ismail in February. We will publish the second part of this interview soon.
“For the first time in our history we are writing a constitution in a democratic manner. Let us take care of this process so that we have a Magna Carta that is a meeting point and not a source of division.” Gabriel Boric
Former student activist Gabriel Boric, 35, will become the youngest president in Latin American history when he takes over as Chile's head of state this March. But with capital already taking flight and the right on the rise across the continent, he isn't in for an easy ride.
After a contentious election, President-elect Boric states he will be ‘the president of all Chileans.’ We, Chilean Jews and the Jewish world more broadly, should embrace this moment