Tag: Alejandro Guillier

• Monday, December 18th 2017 - 05:55 UTC

  Piñera is Chile's next president: he beat the center left candidate by ten points

  

  Billionaire former President Sebastian Piñera easily won Chile's presidential runoff election on Sunday, moving the world's top-copper producing country back to the right. Piñera got 54.6% of the votes to 45.4% for center-left Senator Alejandro Guillier, with nearly all the ballots counted.

• Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 05:13 UTC

  Chile: Sunday's winner will have to learn to cohabit with the opposition

  

  With only a few days left for next Sunday's runoff in Chile's presidential election two factors have become decisive and a challenge for the two hopefuls, opposition candidate conservative Sebastian Piñera, and Alejandro Guillier, the incumbent, reluctantly accepted by the current system in office.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  Piñera on the tight rope: math show he can be defeated by left-leaning coalition in December's runoff

  

  The strong performance by Chile’s left-wing parties in Sunday’s election left conservative presidential frontrunner Sebastian Piñera facing a tight battle to win a December runoff and likely opposition to tax breaks in Congress if elected. Piñera came first with more than 36% of the vote, but his two main leftist rivals made a stronger-than-expected showing, garnering a combined 43% between them.

• Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:08 UTC

  Piñera and Guillier to a much disputed runoff; far right and far left parties will be decisive

  

  Conservative Sebastian Piñera, who held a commanding lead in Chile's first round of presidential voting, and leftist former TV journalist Alejandro Guillier will contest a runoff next month. Ex-president Piñera had a 36.6% lead to Guillier's 22.7% with more than 98% of the votes, --of a very low turnout, 46.6%--, counted after the first round.

• Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Massive abstention the main challenge for Chilean Sunday presidential election

  

  On Sunday, Chileans will choose a new president that will rule the country for the 2018-2022 pereriod replacing current president, socialist, Michelle Bachelet. Senators, deputies and regional councilmen will also be chosen on Sunday.

• Wednesday, November 15th 2017 - 08:33 UTC

  Chileans vote on Sunday and opinion polls point to ex president Piñera as the winner

  

  The presidential and parliamentary elections in Chile will take place next Sunday, with the conservative candidate and ex president Sebastian Piñera, the favorite to win, according to surveys.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 06:20 UTC

  Piñera maintains a wide lead in polls ahead of November presidential election

  

  Conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera is maintaining a wide lead in the polls ahead of Chile's November election, though the race to challenge him in a potential runoff is tight, according to a monthly survey. Piñera, who was president of Chile between 2010 and 2014, captured 34% of voter intentions in the survey by GfK Adimark, up from 32% last month.

• Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 09:20 UTC

  Conservative ex president Piñera leads Chilean polls, but 40% of voters still undecided

  

  Conservative former president Sebastian Piñera has pulled further ahead of center-left hopeful Alejandro Guillier in Chile's presidential race, but the two remain the favorites to face off in the November election, a closely watched poll released on Friday showed.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 06:07 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition splits, increasing chances of Piñera in presidential election

  

  Chile's Christian Democrat party voted on Saturday to skip primaries and go straight to the first round of the presidential election in November, rupturing the center-left governing coalition and likely boosting the chances of a victory for the conservative right under ex president Piñera.

• Friday, April 21st 2017 - 09:56 UTC

  Chile's presidential election will confront social-democratic reforms and a free markets' approach

  

  A leftist senator running for president in Chile's November election is tied in a head-to-head match-up with the conservative frontrunner, even as his support has slipped in recent months, a poll released on Thursday showed.