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| Ex-President Pinera appears headed back into power in Chile |
| 2017-12-18 |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] Billionaire and former President Sebastian Pinera appeared headed to a victory in Chile’s presidential runoff election, with more than 82 percent of the votes counted Sunday night. Officials said Pinera had just over 54 percent of the votes to nearly 45 percent for center-left Sen. Alejandro Guillier. Analysts had predicted a closer race, but there had not been any opinion polls on the election for several weeks. The early results prompted Pinera supporters to celebrate at his campaign headquarters. Pinera won last month’s first round, but his 36.6 percent vote share fell far short of what polls had projected. Guillier got 22.7 percent in the first round and had been counting on support from backers of other left-leaning candidates who were eliminated. |
| Posted by:Fred |