{"id":6789,"date":"2021-12-21T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=6789"},"modified":"2021-12-22T20:05:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:05:40","slug":"chiles-youngest-president","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old and former student activist, will become Chile&#8217;s youngest President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unexpected presidential candidate<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-21T19:49:00+05:30\">21st December 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Leftist former student leader, Gabriel Boric, will become one of the youngest political leaders in the world. He won with 56% of the votes, while his opponent, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast, 55-year-old, fell behind with 44%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile&#8217;s history, i.e., the two extremists, one leftist and the other with ultra-conservative ideals. But in the end, Chileans voted for a new era and a new kind of President.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_entrega_firmas_18_05_2021.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_entrega_firmas_18_05_2021.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_entrega_firmas_18_05_2021-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_entrega_firmas_18_05_2021-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_entrega_firmas_18_05_2021-585x329.jpeg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gabriel_Boric_entrega_firmas_18_05_2021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Boric was not a prominent political figure in Chile, and more than that, he was an unexpected presidential candidate. The report said that many of his supporters were the country&#8217;s youth, who have effectively used social media to express support, online and on the ground. His relative inexperience in public office was regularly used as a criticism, which is another reason that makes his win remarkable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The elections were preceded by the nationwide protests that started in 2019 in response to the city&#8217;s subway fare rise. It later spread across the country towards rising inequality, privatization, and increasing cost of living.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>But, Mr. Boric told supporters he would look after democracy and at the same time promised to limit Chile&#8217;s neoliberal free-market economy. Neoliberalism is a policy model that aims to transfer control from the public sector to the private sector. Chile&#8217;s market-oriented economic model has helped drive rapid economic growth but at the same time increased inequality between the rich and the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>That inequality resulted in social uprisings in 2019. According to the United Nations, Chile has one of the world&#8217;s largest income gaps, where 1% of the population owns 25% of the country&#8217;s wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_FECH_2012.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_FECH_2012.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_FECH_2012-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gabriel_Boric_FECH_2012-585x329.jpeg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gabriel_Boric_FECH_2012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>The capital city, Santiago, erupted in celebration when Gabriel Boric became the President. Mr. Boric had promised to install a &#8220;social welfare&#8221; state, increase taxes on the rich, and increase social spending in a country with one of the world&#8217;s most significant gaps between rich and poor. He promised to overhaul the pension system, advance LGBTQ and women&#8217;s rights, and tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Chile has also been undergoing critical political developments. The country began drafting the new Constitution. Supposedly, this Constitution will be submitted to a referendum in 2022, where Gabriel Boric will have a say now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Chile witnessed the brutal 16-year military dictatorship of the US-backed right-wing Augusto Pinochet between 1973-1990. Boric&#8217;s opponent Kast defended Pinochet&#8217;s legacy during the election campaign. He opposed same-sex marriage, contraception, and abortion. His ultra-conservative ideals may have further plagued his campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/student-protest-leader-president-elect-gabriel-boric-caps-rise-chiles-left-2021-12-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unexpected presidential candidate Read more Leftist former student leader, Gabriel Boric, will become one of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6739,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[427,429,426],"class_list":["post-6789","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-427","portfolio-category-december-2021","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gabriel Boric will become Chile&#039;s youngest President<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile&#039;s history - Chile&#039;s youngest President - Chileans voted for a new era and a new\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gabriel Boric will become Chile&#039;s youngest President\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile&#039;s history - Chile&#039;s youngest President - Chileans voted for a new era and a new\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Politics Science News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-22T20:05:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CHILE.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gabriel Boric will become Chile's youngest President\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/CHILE.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-21T19:49:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-22T20:05:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile's history - Chile's youngest President - Chileans voted for a new era and a new\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/CHILE.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/CHILE.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/chiles-youngest-president\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Portfolio\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/index.php\\\/portfolio\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old and former student activist, will become Chile&#8217;s youngest President\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Politics Science News\",\"description\":\"Latest Articles\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/polscienceweb.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gabriel Boric will become Chile's youngest President","description":"These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile's history - Chile's youngest President - Chileans voted for a new era and a new","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gabriel Boric will become Chile's youngest President","og_description":"These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile's history - Chile's youngest President - Chileans voted for a new era and a new","og_url":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/","og_site_name":"Politics Science News","article_modified_time":"2021-12-22T20:05:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CHILE.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/","url":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/","name":"Gabriel Boric will become Chile's youngest President","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CHILE.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-21T19:49:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-22T20:05:40+00:00","description":"These elections have been one of the most polarised in Chile's history - Chile's youngest President - Chileans voted for a new era and a new","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CHILE.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/CHILE.jpg","width":800,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/chiles-youngest-president\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Portfolio","item":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old and former student activist, will become Chile&#8217;s youngest President"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/","name":"Politics Science News","description":"Latest Articles","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6789"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6796,"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6789\/revisions\/6796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-category?post=6789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}