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Weekly Report - 6 November 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

CHILE: Piñera builds commanding lead

Sebastián Piñera, the putative candidate for the opposition Alianza por Chile in next year's presidential elections, would comfortably beat any candidate the ruling Concertación chose to field against him, according to a poll conducted in the wake of the recent municipal elections. Piñera was buoyed by the performance of his party Renovación Nacional (RN), which displaced the Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) as the senior partner in the Alianza and gave him a genuine national support base after the municipal elections. He will be looking to exploit what is sure to be a tough year for the government on the economic front.

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