Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric emerges victorious in Chilean elections
Channel: Peoples Dispatch
Date: 2021-12-20

Securing more than 55.8% of the total eight million votes polled in the presidential elections held on December 19 in Chile, Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition emerged victorious. Boric defeated far-right candidate José Antonio Kast of the Christian Social Front in what many are deeming a people's victory against fascism and the right. Boric rose to prominence during a wave of student protests in 2011 and has massive support especially among the youth. He has promised to take forward many of the demands raised during the 2019 social uprising.