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Month: December 2017

Piñera Wins Big; Now What?

Posted on December 19, 2017

Sebastián Piñera was quite confident he would win Chile’s presidential election in the first round a month ago, and avoid a second round runoff. He didn’t. Yesterday, he and his supporters were…

Chile’s Election; Stumbling to the Finish

Posted on December 15, 2017

This is the last week of the second round of campaigning for Chile’s next president; the definitive runoff vote between Sebastian Piñera and Alejandro Guillier is Sunday, December 17. Everyone pretty much…

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