Center Right Or Left: the Choice Of the Chilean People latinamericanpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from latinamericanpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Santiago. In Chile sind die Kandidaten der Parteienbündnisse für die diesjährigen Präsidentschaftswahl gewählt worden. Für das rechtsgerichtete, regierende Parteienbündnis Chile Vamos setzte sich Sebastián Sichel von der Unabhängigen Partei durch. Ihr gehört auch Präsident Sebastian Piñera an, der nach zwei Amtszeiten nicht erneut kandidieren darf.
Sichel war zuvor unter Piñera Minister für Soziale Entwicklung und Familien gewesen und leitete zuletzt von Juni bis Dezember 2020 die staatliche Bank BancoEstado. In einem Vierkampf setzte sich Sichel gegen Joaquín Lavín, den Bürgermeister des Stadtteils Las Condes in Santiago, gegen Mario Desbordes, der bis Dezember 2020 Verteidigungsminister war, sowie gegen Ignacio Briones, Finanzminister bis Januar 2021, durch.
New generation of Chilean candidates show desire for moderation
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20/07/2021 - 00:34 Chile s primaries on July 18, 2021 through up some surprising results that showed voters wanted a move towards more centrist policies JAVIER TORRES AFP/File 3 min
Santiago (AFP)
The election of former student leader Gabriel Boric and right-wing independent Sebastian Sichel in presidential primaries shows Chileans are opting for gradual change towards a more moderate politics, say analysts.
Sunday s primaries delivered a chastening blow to the most traditional candidates from the left and right wing coalitions that took part, as well as the opinion polls.
Congressman Boric, who at 35 only just meets the minimum age to stand for the presidency, convincingly defeated Communist Party candidate Daniel Jadue in the left-wing coalition s primary.
Underdogs emerge triumphant from Chile s primary elections mercopress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mercopress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Chileans will go to the polls tomorrow, Sunday, for the fifth time this year, this time to elect the presidential candidates of the right and left in the elections of November 21, for which the center-left has not yet revealed its cards due to lack of agreements.
In the “Chile Vamos” coalition, made up of the four conservative parties with which Chilean President Sebastián Piñera governs, all the polls point to Joaquín Lavín, an old acquaintance of national politics, as the favorite.
A militant of the ultra-conservative Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and mayor of the wealthy capital neighborhood of Las Condes in 1992-1996 and 2016-2021, this is the third time he tries to reach La Moneda after the attempts in 1999 and 2006.