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Chileans vote on Sunday in Presidential election

<span style="color: #222222;">Chileans are voting on Sunday in the Presidential election. On the one hand, is an ultra-right-wing former Congressman is Jose Antonio Kast. The rightist  55-year-old Catholic has promised to crack down on crime and has praised the neo-liberal "economic legacy" of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.<br />''<br />''On the Left, lawmaker Gabriel Boric, 35, who led student protests in 2011 demanding improvements to Chile's educational system, has pledged to scrap the nation's laissez-faire economic model and strengthen environmental protections and indigenous rights.  The results are expected shortly after concluding the polls.</span>

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