Tag: Karol Cariola

• Monday, November 18th 2013 - 22:06 UTC

  Chilean leaders of the massive student protests elected to Congress

  

  Vallejo's victory and those of independent candidates Giorgio Jackson and Gabriel Boric and fellow communist Karol Cariola, former comrade-in-arms in the student movement, who also gained seats in Chile's lower house on Sunday is significant for presidential front-runner Michelle Bachelet's bid to have her Nueva Mayoria coalition gain a stronger foothold in both houses of Congress.