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Communist and far-right candidates head to Chile presidential run-off

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  1. riQQ
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    Chile's presidential election will go to a run-off vote in December between a Communist Party and a far-right candidate, after the first round on Sunday produced no outright winner.

    The election campaign was dominated by crime and immigration, as migration to the country has grown in recent years and candidates pledged to fight foreign gangs like Venezuela's Tren de Aragua.

    The Communist Party's Jeannette Jara, from the governing coalition, narrowly won the first round followed closely by far-right candidate José Antonio Kast.

    The result is expected to give a boost to Kast, as Jara was the only left-wing candidate running against several right-wing candidates, which split the right-wing vote.

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    Lyrl
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    Digging a trench to stop Peruvian immigrants sounds like a dystopian platform. But it sounds like polls show it likely to be the winning one.

    Digging a trench to stop Peruvian immigrants sounds like a dystopian platform. But it sounds like polls show it likely to be the winning one.

    1. NaraVara
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      The entire world has been gripped in some kind of anti-outgroup mania. It's completely irrational and it will not solve anyone actual problems, but everyone seems to have just randomly decided...

      The entire world has been gripped in some kind of anti-outgroup mania. It's completely irrational and it will not solve anyone actual problems, but everyone seems to have just randomly decided that the stranger is an enemy.