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Weekly Report - 04 May 2017 (WR-17-17)

CHILE: DC deepens rift in ruling coalition

For the first time in 28 years, Democracia Cristiana (DC) will be fielding its own presidential candidate in the November 2017 first round in the latest sign of the expanding cracks afflicting the ruling Nueva Mayoría, which have grown since its electoral defeat in the October 2016 municipal elections [WR-16-42]. The decision by the DC, the largest and most centrist party in the Nueva Mayoría, not to take part in the 2 July primaries works to the benefit of the current frontrunner, former president Sebastián Piñera (2006-2010), who launched his presidential campaign in March for the centre-right opposition coalition Chile Vamos.

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