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What does Gabriel Boric’s Presidential Victory Mean for Chile?

After Sunday`s elections, Chile has won itself the right to have a better future. Now comes the hard part: building it.

We bring you the complete English translation of the victory speech from Sunday night in Santiago by the president elect Gabriel Boric.

“I will be the president of all Chileans, I will not govern only between 4 walls,” Boric said during a phone call with the outgoing president

It will either be the end of, or the resurgence of Pinochetism, present the last 31 years as a shadow of a transition that seems eternal

Chile has legalized same-sex marriage after years of organizing & pressure. The legislation also recognizes adoption & other parental rights.

Kast has made clear his intention to derail the new Constitution if he becomes president. Boric supports the autonomous process.

In 2016, she was involved in a campaign that successfully canceled a dam that would have stolen water from local communities & harmed wildlife

In Chile, two presidential candidates, a far-right populist and a former student protest leader, will face off in a runoff next month.

Leftist and far-right presidential candidates are two clear frontrunners heading into Chilean elections on Sunday.

The Senate voted against impeaching President Piñera, putting an end to the removal effort launched after allegations of corruption…