Chilean municipal elections are anticipating a return of the left-wing coalition

Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 04:38 UTC

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Chilean voters punished the political system with a whooping 60% abstention, and President Sebastián Piñera’s conservative bloc, in municipal elections Sunday, which could be paving the way for the comeback of the left-wing coalition in next year’s presidential ballot. Read full article

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XAVIERV
I'm going to say what will happen in 2013, ran out of contact with the mainland. Goodbye flights, if they want to leave their island go to Africa!
Oct 31st, 2012 - 04:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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falklandlad
@1. Deeply cynical it would seem. I doubt that statement, and as the year end 2013 draws ever closer to a renewal of offshore drilling leading to oil production in 2017, there will be numerous other flight options available to the Falkland Islands.
Oct 31st, 2012 - 10:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ProRG_American
It's about time. Right wingers had plenty of opportunity to make “the Chilean model” work, and they have failed.

2 falklandlad (#) Don't hold your breath there buddy boy! It will be getting rather expensive to pursue extraction as 2017 approaches.
Oct 31st, 2012 - 08:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ManRod
“It's about time. Right wingers had plenty of opportunity to make “the Chilean model” work, and they have failed. ”

You must be kidding... they had 3 years so far (and it hasn't worked bad, big growth, low inflation and low unemployment), the left had almost 20 years before that...
Oct 31st, 2012 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Looks like Bachelet's coming back, excellent =)
Nov 01st, 2012 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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