Leftist millennial elected as Chile’s next president after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to former President Trump.
With more than 90% of polling stations reporting, Gabriel Boric had 56% of the votes, compared with 44% for his opponent, lawmaker José Antonio Kast.
“I am going to be the president of all Chileans,” Boric said in the brief televised appearance with Pinera. Kast, who has a history of defending Chile’s past military dictatorship, finished ahead of Boric by two points in the first round of voting last month but failed to secure a majority of votes. That set up a head-to-head runoff against Boric.
Kast, 55, a devout Roman Catholic and father of nine, emerged from the far right fringe after having won less than 8% of the vote in 2017. He rose steadily in the polls this time with a divisive discourse emphasizing conservative family values and playing on Chileans’ fears that a surge in migration — from Haiti and Venezuela — is driving crime.
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