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Chileans will head to the polls on Dec. 17 for the second round of the South American nation's presidential elections.
While center-left candidates did much better than expected, turnout was less than 50 percent.
Meanwhile, massive protests persist in the country over a wide range of issues including pension and labor reform, rights of women and Indigenous Mapuche peoples, as well as education and health.
Chile: Billionaire Piñera to Face Center-Left Guillier in Runoff
Conservative billionaire Sebastian Piñera obtained with 36 percent, followed by center-left candidate Alejandro Guillier from New Majority with 22.6 percent. READ MORE
Center-Left Candidate Narrows Gap with Piñera for Presidential Bid
One of the main issues that will dominate this election will be the possibility of calling for a constituent assembly to change the Constitution, which was created in 1980 and approved in 1981 under the military regime of Augusto Pinochet." READ MORE
Chile: Presidential Election Campaigns Underway
Among the presidential candidates are former President Sebastian Piñera of the right-wing Chile Vamos party, Alejandro Guillier, an independent, Beatriz Sanchez of the leftist Broad Front, Carolina Goic of the conservative Christian Democracy Party and Jose Antonio Kast, a right-wing independent. READ MORE
A Constituent Assembly Is Essential For a New Chile: Activist
Left-wing parties in Chile are pushing for a plebiscite that will begin a Constituent Assembly to address the main social issues that affect young people, workers, and families. READ MORE
97% Chileans Reject Neoliberal Private Pension System
Under this system, pensioners are required to deposit their retirement savings into individual accounts managed by the likes of privately operated Pension Fund Administrators, AFPs. READ MORE
97% Chileans Reject Neoliberal Private Pension System
Public sector workers in Chile demand more investment to the country's public spending budget and improve wages for workers. READ MORE
Mapuche Resistance March Against Repression, Arrests, Murders
Chile's largest Indigenous group continues to its fight against the government as it tries to regain land lost during Chile's 19th-century expansion southward into the Mapuche-held territory.READ MORE
Chilean conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Santiago, Chile September 20, 2017. | Photo Reuters
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Chilean presidential candidate Beatriz Sanchez (C) from "Frente Amplio" (Broad Front) coalition, takes part in a campaign rally with artisanal fishermen ahead of the next presidential election in November 2017 in Valparaiso, Chile October 22, 2017. | Photo Reuters
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Chilean presidential candidate Alejandro Guillier from government coalition, speaks during a news conference after taking part in a live radio discussion in Santiago, Chile October 20, 2017. | Photo Reuters
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A member of a feminist organisations is detained by riot police during a rally against sexual harassment and gender violence in Santiago, Chile October 24, 2017. | Photo Reuters
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A man reads files of recently declassified CIA documents that show U.S. involvement in Pinochet's coup in 1973, during an exhibit at Chile's Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile October 26, 2017. | Photo Reuters
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