Alberto Fernández congratulates Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric by phone

The Argentine President, Alberto Fernandez, congratulated this Sunday by phone the elected president of Chile, the leftist Gabriel Boric Font, for his victory in the second round over his opponent, the ultra-conservative, José Antonio Kast, according to official sources.

“The national president said he was’ very happy ‘about the electoral result since the region needs us to’ take care and work together.”, they indicated in a statement from the Presidency.

“I wish the best for you and for Chile. Here you have a friend and you are invited to come to the Argentina whenever you want and hopefully your first trip will be to our country “Fernández added.

The progressive Boric he won at the polls with 55.8% of the votes against 44.1% of the conservative closet with 99.9% of the polls scrutinized.

“And of course I will be in your assumption”, he assured Fernandez at the end of the call, as marked in the document.

The elected president, Gabriel Boric, will assume power on March 11, 2022 when he is 36 years old, becoming the youngest president in the history of Chile and one of the youngest in the world.

A native of the city of Punta Arenas, he was a student leader and is a national deputy for the Frente Amplio coalition that won this election as the standard-bearer of the Approve Dignity pact.

Boric has previously defined himself as an ecologist, feminist and regionalist, he will be the most leftist president since the overthrown Government of Salvador Allende (1973-1990), and the first who is not part of the two great blocs that held power since the return to democracy in 1990.

On the other hand, the vice president and ex-president of Argentina (2007-2015), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, also joined the celebrations for the Chilean elections.

“As we said on Friday 10 (December) in the Plaza (de Mayo): ‘The people always come back and find the ways to do it. It can be a party, it can be a leader today and another tomorrow, but the people always come back. ‘ Congratulations President Gabriel Boric to you and the people of Chile”, Cristina Fernández published on her social networks.

The large margin between Boric Y closet It took Chilean society by surprise, since the polls predicted a tight second round, even the right-wing candidate had affirmed that the elections would end up being resolved in electoral courts.

However, when only 50% of the tables were scrutinized closet he quickly acknowledged defeat and congratulated his opponent.

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