Vote Count Starts In Chile Runoff Between Polar Opposites

Santiago (AP) Results began trickling in Sunday for Chile's presidential runoff following a bruising campaign between a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump and a millennial former student protest leader who promises to attack nagging inequality in Latin America's most advanced economy. Jos Antonio Kast, a lawmaker who has a history of defending Chile's past military dictatorship, finished ahead in the first round of voting last month but failed to secure a majority of votes. That set up a head-to-head runoff against Gabriel Boric, who trailed him by about two percentage points..

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