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Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect new president

Published December 17, 2021 at 11:52 AM CST

On Sunday, voters in Chile will elect a new president. They have a stark choice between the two remaining candidates in a polarized race.

A populist from the far right, José Antonio Kast, is running against Gabriel Boric, a leftist lawmaker and former student protest leader.

Claudia Heiss, the head of political science at the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Chile, explains what’s at stake.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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