What Boric does with his first term will, for better or worse, end up defining the next decade of Chilean politics, but the hope is that his continued victories as a student protester and representative of the Chilean people will translate to success and productivity in office. At 35-years-old, Gabriel Boric may just be leading Chile into the future it deserves. Viva Chile!
“We must advance towards the formation of those instances of power, of popular power, that allow us to deploy with all its strength and energy the popular tornado that must transform not only the political institutions, but refound Chilean society from the ground up.”
Chile Woke Up and Opened Up the Great Avenues. 30.05.2021 - Santiago de Chile - Francisco Herreros
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The thesis of the acceleration of historical time, from the point of intersection between objective and subjective conditions, is the only one that was confirmed in the resplendent results of the elections of 15 and 16 May.
By Francisco Herreros
Indeed, if any Chilean, on 9 October 2019, when Piñera declared that “Chile is a true oasis in a convulsed Latin America”, had been predicted the results of 15-16 May 2021, he would undoubtedly have thought that the prophet was crazy.