The question of the day: What is Chile playing in the second round this Sunday?

The chilean They are called to vote on December 19 in one of the most polarized, uncertain and momentous elections since the return to democracy. Those who dispute the second round are the ultraconservative Jose Antonio Kast and the leftist Gabriel Boric, standard bearers of two totally opposite proposals for the country.

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closet, a 55-year-old former MP, praises the economic legacy of Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. In addition, he is a defender of the values ​​of the traditional right and has a speech that appeals to order and security.

In the other side, Boric, a 35-year-old deputy and former student leader, defends the social demands expressed in the social outbreak of 2019. He is in favor of better basic services and wants to establish a strong state with an environmentalist, feminist and regionalist accent.

Even if closet won the first round followed by BoricIn the polls that were carried out before it was banned from broadcasting, the leftist candidate was favored by several points. Despite this, analysts agree that the distance between the two has been narrowing in recent days and that Sunday’s result will be very close.

In the final stretch of the campaign as much as Boric What closet They went in search of the vote of the undecided and the sectors of the center. In order to win the support of the moderates, both candidates modified and softened their programs.

In recent days, the strategy of both candidates has been to emphasize the risks and shortcomings they see in their rival and call citizens to vote. In the second round, 15 million people are authorized to vote, but in Chile the vote is voluntary and abstentionism is close to 50%, so each vote will be crucial.

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