For the first time in Chile’s history, a member of the Communist Party will carry the banner of all progressive forces in the presidential election scheduled for Sunday, November 16: Jeannette Jara – sadly no relation to the unforgettable Víctor Jara – swept the Chilean left’s internal primary with sixty percent of the vote, beating the Social Democrat Carolina Tohá, viewed by many as the favorite, which finished second with 28%, as well as Gonzalo Winter of President Gabriel Boric’s Frente Amplio and Greens representative Jaime Mulet. 

Sunday’s primary was low-key: the popularity crisis of the Boric government – which in 2021 raised extraordinary hopes........

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