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This week’s R&D covers the Chilean presidential election. Last Sunday the country voted in the first round of its presidential poll and right-wing candidate Jose Antonio Kast and left-wing candidate Gabriel Boric advanced to a runoff as neither won more than 50% of the vote. The runoff will take place on December 19 and, as noted in this week’s quiz, the winner will inherit a messy social and economic situation as Chile is still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chile’s conservative presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast introduced a team of economic advisers, describing recovery and fiscal balance as central to his program https://t.co/ZgjSsRkeYF
— Bloomberg (@business) November 25, 2021
New in Opinion from @oppenheimera: The conventional wisdom is that Chile has committed political suicide after the victory of 2 extremists in the Nov. 21 first-round elections.
But there are reasons why they’ll have to make a sharp turn to the center. https://t.co/KIVYFC5oaf
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) November 24, 2021
The centrists guided Chile to stability and prosperity but came to be seen as unresponsive to citizens’ demands. José Antonio Kast and Gabriel Boric are heirs of this decade of discontent https://t.co/YXmRyV70Kp
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 25, 2021
Just over 7 million Chileans bothered to go and vote for the next Chilean president. https://t.co/OnuLP1xTNt
— MercoPress (@MercoPressNews) November 24, 2021
Chile’s success will depend on the capacity of its next president to reach across the aisle. If it fails, it is hard to imagine that any other country in Latin America could do better.@OliverStuenkel writes on Chile and Latin American democracy: https://t.co/DAhtVaDAfe
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) November 24, 2021
Analysis: Chile’s election is a window into Latin America’s polarization
https://t.co/uhTX7suyaz— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 24, 2021
Enigmatic economist outperformed in Chile ballot. His votes could decide runoff https://t.co/EWj7yLMI4p pic.twitter.com/5yPGdvo3MH
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 23, 2021
Voters in the first round of Chile’s presidential election largely backed candidates who support the country’s market economy, providing a boost to local financial markets https://t.co/sVrHs22TRD
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 22, 2021
Chile’s right rejoices after pro-Pinochet candidate wins presidential first round https://t.co/59bSoj1wpz
— The Guardian (@guardian) November 22, 2021
As in most other Latin American Jewish communities, the majority of Chilean Jews are staunch Zionists who stand behind more conservative leaders because of their perceived support of Israel. https://t.co/bCoM0x8K7e
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 24, 2021