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Weekly Report - 18 May 2017 (WR-17-19)
CHILE: Can Piñera capitalise on split Left?
Former president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014), the frontrunner in November’s presidential race, has mounting problems. At first blush Piñera seems to be in a strong position. For the first time since Chile’s return to democracy in 1990, the left-wing coalition, Nueva Mayoría in its present incarnation, will present two separate candidates in presidential elections. But Piñera has been unable to shake accusations of conflict of interest. Chile’s combative student movements staged protests outside the Santiago offices of Bancard, a holding company owned by Piñera and his family, this week. Piñera also faced criticism from politicians within the three constituent parties of his right-wing Chile Vamos coalition of repeating the “same mistakes” of his first government after naming a technocrat-heavy campaign team.
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