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    Chileans go to polls to elect president in polarized elections

    SANTIAGO, Chile — In one corner stands a millennial progressive who burst into prominence a decade ago as a shaggy-haired student protest leader. In the other, a far-right career politician who is an unabashed fan of the country’s former military dictatorship. Chileans go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president in the most polarized election here since the South American nation returned ...
    by Patrick J. McDonnell and Jorge Poblete, Los Angeles Times Dec 18, 2021 3 minutes

    SANTIAGO, Chile — In one corner stands a millennial progressive who burst into prominence a decade ago as a shaggy-haired student protest leader.

    In the other, a far-right career politician who is an unabashed fan of the country’s former military dictatorship.

    Chileans go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president in the most polarized election here since the South American nation returned to democracy more than 30 years ago.

    The runoff vote features two antagonistic alternatives — the leftist former student activist allied with the Communist Party and the

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