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2 hours ago
Gabriel Boric is the virtual winner of the elections in Chile
By Kirarinna Parisi
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With 92.12% of the votes counted, Gabriel Boric leads the electoral result by more than 11 points.
40 minutes ago
José Antonio Kast acknowledges electoral defeat
Through a message on Twitter, the presidential candidate José Antonio Kast said that he had already contacted Gabriel Boric by phone to congratulate him on what is projected to be the triumph of the candidate of the Pact Approve Dignity.
At this time, the Electoral Service reports that 68.78% of the polling stations have been scrutinized:
Boric - 55.18%
Kast - 44.82%
2 hours ago
Electoral Service of Chile denies an alleged extension of the schedule
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The polls closed in Chile and the Electoral Service and denies that an extension in voting hours has been reported.
This is how the vote counting begins, which according to the authorities is done as follows:
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Board members begin with the counting of votes.
Here we explain how this process develops.
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- Electoral Service (@ServelChile) December 19, 2021
2 hours ago
The polls close at 6 pm local time, but ...
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The closing of the polling stations in Chile is expected at 4 pm (Miami time).
However, according to the Electoral Service of Chile, as long as voters are lining up to vote, the center must remain open.
If there are voters with the intention of voting, the table must receive the vote of all of them before proceeding with the closing of the vote.
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- Electoral Service (@ServelChile) December 19, 2021
3 hours ago
Election day, in pictures
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4 hours ago
Report high temperatures in central Chile
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The Chilean Electoral Service reported temperatures of up to 35 ° C in central Chile and urged precautionary measures such as good hydration and covering from the sun with an umbrella or hats.
5 hours ago
Government denies lack of buses in the Chilean capital
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The Minister of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile made a balance on the transport during the morning of the Sunday of elections.
Gloria Hutt denied that there is a lack of buses in Santiago de Chile.
“I have seen comments to the effect that we would be instructing to pick up buses.
I want to deny it categorically, "said the minister.
[LIVE] Minister @GloriaHutt performs transportation balance from La Moneda on the day of the # Elecciones2021CL.
#VoteIsSeguro 🗳️🇨🇱 https://t.co/8cWvSBvfuk
- Government of Chile (@GobiernodeChile) December 19, 2021
6 hours ago
The Constitutional Convention, always present
By Germán Padinger
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Although a candidate sympathetic to Pinochet was the most voted in the first round, in 2020 the Chileans approved in a plebiscite the call for a Constitutional Convention to reform the Political Constitution of 1980, adopted precisely during the Pinochet dictatorship.
The plebiscite was called after the "Agreement for Social Peace and the New Constitution", with the intention of achieving a new constitution that incorporates new rights and guarantees in the text in a context of legitimacy crisis and social conflict.
The text of the New Constitution should be ready by mid-2022, and it could change the Chilean political system.
The situation is also part of the social outbreak of 2019, a wave of massive demonstrations in Chile due to the high costs of living and inequality, which convulsed the country.
Following a series of violent clashes between protesters and the police - which left at least 31 dead - there was a curfew in many regions and armed forces were deployed in the streets for the first time in 30 years.
"I am optimistic in terms that there is a pragmatic perception, that there is a change in the cycle and that greater participation and commitment of the public is required in this process," said Guillermo Holzmann, an academic at the University of Valparaíso and political consultant.
7 hours ago
This is how Boric and Kast voted
Gabriel Boric.
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Gabriel Boric, the candidate on the left, cast his vote in Punta Arenas, Chile, at the Patagonia School this morning.
José Antonio Kast.
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For his part, the candidate of the right, José Kast, voted in a school in Paine during this day of the second round.
7 hours ago
OPINION |
No, the second round in Chile will not be to choose between two extremes
By Jorge G. Castañeda
Editor's Note:
Jorge G. Castañeda is a contributor to CNN.
He was Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico from 2000 to 2003. The opinions expressed in this comment are solely those of the author.
A little over a week before the final round of the presidential election in Chile, it seems to me that there are more interpretive hypotheses of the vote of the first round, and of the nature of the second, than hard data that allow us to discern trends and draw conclusions .
One of the hypotheses consists in affirming that the Chilean electorate is polarized between two extremes, and that the vote scheduled for December 19 will be between those two extremes: the extreme right, in the person of José Antonio Kast, and the extreme left, represented by Gabriel Boric.
This interpretation has already become an urban legend, and there are reasons to subscribe to it.
But, for me, there are reasons to contemplate another explanation, and it is that I would like to comment on it here.
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8 hours ago
The fate of the votes that did not go to Kast or Boric in the first round
By Germán Padinger
In addition to Kast and Boric, who were the most voted, there were five other candidates who ran in the first round and whose votes are now at stake.
Is about:
Franco Parisi, from the People's Party (12.80%)
Sebastián Sichel, from the Chile Vamos Pact (12.78%)
Yasna Provoste, from the Christian Democratic Party (11.61%)
Marco Enríquez-Ominami, from the Progressive Party of Chile (7.60%)
Eduardo Artés, from the Patriotic Union Party (1.47%)
9 hours ago
OPINION |
What is at stake in the elections in Chile
By Erika Guevara Rosas
Editor's Note:
Erika Guevara Rosas is a human rights lawyer and Americas Director for Amnesty International.
The opinions expressed in this article correspond exclusively to its author.
In October 2019 the world set its eyes on Chile, where thousands of people took to the streets demanding accountability from their government. What began as a demonstration against the increase in public transport fares, unleashed one of the most significant protest movements in the history of Chile and the entire region. Thousands of protesters demanded paradigmatic changes where human rights were at the center. The state response was atrocious; the government of the current president Sebastián Piñera deployed the security forces, which violently tried to silence the voices of demand of the Chilean people. The government acknowledged that the protests were mostly peaceful, although incidents of third-party violence were reported.President Piñera himself acknowledged that there were abuses and said that "there will be no impunity either with those who carried out acts of unusual violence, nor with those who committed abuses or abuses," although until now justice is pending.
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9 hours ago
The only valid documents to vote
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The Electoral Service of Chile recalled that the identity card or the passport are the only valid documents to be able to cast the vote both in Chile and abroad.
Do not forget to bring your Identity Card or Passport to pay, since they are the only documents that validate the voter's identification. # Elecciones2021CL # ChooseElPaísQueQuieres pic.twitter.com/BnpYYkrAqe
- Electoral Service (@ServelChile) December 19, 2021
10 hours ago
Sebastián Piñera's wishes for the next president
By Bertha Ramos
Credit: Presidency of Chile
The president of Chile, Sebástián Piñera, cast his vote in the capital this Sunday morning.
After the vote, Piñera urged Chileans to vote.
“We are going to have a new elected president, for all of you, and I believe that whoever he is, should never forget that he is going to be the president of all Chileans, and not just of those who supported him.
And I want to wish the future president wisdom, prudence and success, because he will need them, "he said.
10 hours ago
Michelle Bachelet cast her vote
Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile.
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The former president of Chile and current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, cast her vote this Sunday in Santiago de Chile.
10 hours ago
Don't know where your polling place is?
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If you forgot or are not clear about your polling place or table where you are to cast the vote, you can enter conculta.servel.cl, indicates the Electoral Service of Chile.
11 hours ago
Who is José Antonio Kast, the representative of the right in Chile?
José Antonio Kast.
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José Antonio Kast has run for the presidency of Chile twice.
Kast is a lawyer, he is 55 years old, and from his first application he claimed to be the representative of the new right in the country.
Currently, his speech has been compared to other far-right presidents such as former US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
This is because of his opposition to equal marriage and the right to abortion, in contrast to his defense of a "traditional" version of the family.
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11 hours ago
Who is Gabriel Boric, the leftist politician who wants to govern in Chile?
Gabriel Boric.
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Gabriel Boric was born in 1986, he is a lawyer and is the candidate of the Pacto Approve Dignity coalition, the youngest of all the candidates for the presidency in Chile.
Boric arrives at these elections as a candidate linked to the student movement (he was president of the Student Federation of the University of Chile).
Boric belongs to Convergencia Social, a left-wing political party linked to the Broad Front, and after the primary elections, in July 2021, he became the candidate of the Pacto Approve Dignity coalition.
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11 hours ago
The polls opened at 8 am local time
By Omar Fajardo
The Electoral Service of Chile reported that at 8 am local time (6 am Miami time), the opening of polling stations for the second ballot of the presidential elections in Chile began.
At 8:00 am the polling stations open, and this is the electoral card with which you will vote to elect the President of the Republic of Chile.
Vote informed and # ChooseElPaísQueQuieres # Elecciones2021CL #VoteInformado pic.twitter.com/jo2Yw11fQd
- Electoral Service (@ServelChile) December 19, 2021
11 hours ago
The keys to the second round
By Germán Padinger
José Antonio Kast or Gabriel Boric: the final election for president of Chile has been between these two candidates, who will be voted on this Sunday, December 19, during the second round.
In the first round, held on November 21, Kast obtained 27.91% of the votes, followed by Boric, with 25.83%.
None were close to the absolute majority required by the Constitution, and therefore they were selected for a second round.
Elections were marked by a vote distributed in several candidates and by a participation (47.34%) lower than that registered in the 2020 plebiscite (50.9%), and all the moderate options and the representatives of the political parties were left behind. traditional in Chile.
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