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Leftist Gabriel Boric, 35, wins Chile's presidential election
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By Karol Suarez, Rafael Romo, Helen Regan and Hira Humayun, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President since its return to democracy in 1990, after he won a presidential runoff election on Sunday. With 99.95% of ballots counted, Boric won with 55.
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Just ten years ago, Gabriel Boric was a student leader in the Chilean capital, rallying against the country's privatized education system alongside thousands of other students in Santiago.
By Karol Suarez, Rafael Romo, Helen Regan and Hira Humayun, CNN Leftist and former student leader Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile’s youngest President since its return to democracy in 1990, after he won a presidential runoff election on Sunday. With 99.95% of ballots counted, Boric won with 55.
Chile has elected a former student activist to become its next president. Leftist Gabriel Boric defeated his far-right rival Antonio Kast by a wider than expected margin.
The Chilean stock market and peso took a beating Monday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became the country's youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly substantial victory over his far…
Gabriel Boric, who rose to prominence during anti-government protests, has defeated the right-wing populist Jose Antonio Kast. Tens of thousands of Boric supporters have celebrated his win on the streets of Santiago.
Breaking with polarizing rhetoric of campaign, José Antonio Kast, who was was dogged by revelations his German-born father was a Nazi, concedes defeat in presidential vote
By Karol Suarez and Helen Regan, CNN Chilean leftist presidential candidate and former student leader Gabriel Boric will be the country’s next leader after his far-right opponent Jose Antonio Kast conceded in Sunday’s presidential runoff election.
Gabriel Boric, who rose to prominence during anti-government protests, has defeated the right-wing populist Jose Antonio Kast. Voters were presented with two candidates with polar opposite views.
Critics said Boric was too young and inexperienced to be leading the country—but he won more votes than any other presidential candidate in Chile's history.
Leftist Gabriel Boric was elected president of Chile Sunday with 56% of the votes compared to 44% for conservative José Antonio Kast, a free-market firebrand.
Leftist lawmaker Gabriel Boric, 35, on Sunday became Chile's youngest-ever president on promises of installing a "welfare state" in one of the world's most unequal countries.
Chile's new leftist president Gabriel Boric faces an uphill battle, with no majority in Congress to underwrite his policies, economic trouble on the horizon and having to heal a society reeling from…
