Presidential battle decided in Chile, all the rights against all the lefts
Vina del Mar and Santiago
A blazing sun and an azure blue sky crush the heights of Viña del Mar (the vine of the sea), a city on the edge of the Pacific Ocean an hour and a half from the capital, Santiago. In the very modest Gómez Carreño neighborhood - the name of a Chilean admiral - an unusual bustle drew the attention of residents who, like Daniela, had "never seen a presidential candidate" here.
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Surrounded by a swarm of cameras, Gabriel Boric, clean-shaven, black jacket and white shirt without a tie, wanders down the street of the South Cone (Cono Sur). At 35 - the minimum age to run for the highest office in Chile - the candidate with tattooed arms has abandoned his disheveled hair and his student leader T-shirts. Facing the greyish social housing with peeling paint, the leader of the left-wing "I approve of dignity" coalition - supported by the Communist Party - visits the inhabitants of the impasse at the ocher dirt road, marked by the drought...
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