{"id":1133714,"date":"2021-12-20T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133714"},"modified":"2021-12-20T10:34:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:34:44","slug":"communist-candidate-wins-chile-presidential-election-after-year-of-leftist-mob-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-candidate-wins-chile-presidential-election-after-year-of-leftist-mob-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Communist Candidate Wins Chile Presidential Election After Year of Leftist Mob Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommunist-candidate-wins-chile-presidential-election-after-year-of-leftist-mob-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1133714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Chile elected Gabriel Boric its president on Sunday, a sharp turn left after two years of Marxist mob violence targeting churches and government institutions. Boric is a far-left radical protest organizer endorsed by the Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Boric defeated conservative candidate Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast, who won the first round of presidential voting in November. Kast conceded on Sunday night. In the past month \u2013 during which Boric and Kast had the election to themselves after defeating a large slate of candidates in round one \u2013 rising numbers of violent attacks by leftists on Kast supporters and staffers had come to define the election.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have just spoken to [Gabriel Boric] and congratulated him for his great victory,\u201d Kast wrote on Twitter on Sunday night. \u201cFrom today on he is the president-elect of Chile and deserves all our respect and constructive collaboration. Chile is always first.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2051282051282\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Acabo de hablar con <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabrielboric?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gabrielboric<\/a> y lo he felicitado por su gran triunfo. Desde hoy es el Presidente electo de Chile y merece todo nuestro respeto y colaboraci\u00f3n constructiva. Chile siempre est\u00e1 primero \ud83c\uddf1\u270c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvpBKs0GFT\">pic.twitter.com\/AvpBKs0GFT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast Rist \ud83c\uddf1 (@joseantoniokast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joseantoniokast\/status\/1472692985598910467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kast\u2019s quick concession was notable \u2013 as was his in-person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEscrutinio\/status\/1472731614039916545\">meeting<\/a> with Boric shortly after \u2013 on a continent where candidates have increasingly denounced fraud, most recently in the Peruvian presidential election, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/06\/09\/leninist-emerges-apparent-winner-of-peru-presidency-amid-fraud-claims\/\">won<\/a> by a communist. Boric appeared prepared to cry fraud in the event that he lost, spending much of Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNChile\/status\/1472615661365084161\">complaining<\/a> that public transport was not sufficiently accessible to his voters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Boric rose to prominence as a leftist student protest leader during the latest tenure of outgoing President Sebasti\u00e1n Pi\u00f1era, a \u201ccenter-right\u201d candidate who largely yielded to major leftist demands such as scrapping the entire Constitution and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/06\/11\/chile-locks-down-capital-again-after-mass-use-of-chinese-coronavirus-vaccine\/\">prioritized<\/a> giving China a stranglehold over the Chilean economy, Latin America\u2019s strongest. While not formally a member of the Communist Party, Boric\u2019s \u201cApprove Dignity\u201d leftist coalition includes the Communist Party of Chile.<\/p>\n<p>Boric made few promises in his victory speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/america-latina\/2021\/12\/19\/gabriel-boric-sere-el-presidente-de-todos-los-chilenos\/\">warning<\/a> Chileans, The times that are coming are not going to be easy.\u201d His dark predictions appeared limited to discussion of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, however, which has hit Chile especially hard in large part due to Pi\u00f1era\u2019s trust in low-quality inoculation products from China. Elsewhere, Boric repeatedly discussed \u201cunity\u201d and \u201copenness,\u201d&nbsp; began his speech in the indigenous Mapuche language to highlight inclusion, and condemned the \u201cpatriarchy\u201d generally. He took a moment, however, to promise cooperation with his vanquished opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future of Chile needs everyone on the people\u2019s side. I hope that we have the maturity to count on their ideas and proposals. With Kast,\u201d Boric promised, \u201cwe will know how to build bridges so that our compatriots will be able to live better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To those concerned that Chile will soon face the same socialist woes that much of the continent \u2013 most dramatically, Venezuela \u2013 has endured by voting for candidates like him, Boric said, \u201cmy commitment is to take care of democracy every day of my government. A substantive democracy that will not be reduced to what happens today, but a democracy in which civil society takes the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boric\u2019s supporters have given the world much to worry about in the past month. Violent mobs have targeted Kast supporters: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/12\/13\/chile-leftist-mob-attacks-conservative-rally-week-before-presidential-election\/\">attacking<\/a> conservative families in broad daylight by pelting them with rocks, smashing vehicles at Kast campaign events, organizing threatening mobs to surround Kast himself while conducting door-to-door campaigning, and, on one occasion, attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2021\/11\/26\/chile-violent-leftists-assault-conservative-presidential-frontrunners-pregnant-staffer\/\">shove<\/a> a pregnant Kast staffer to the ground.&nbsp;At a \u201cWomen for Boric\u201d campaign event this weekend, singer Camila Moreno <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t13.cl\/noticia\/elecciones-2021\/politica\/jose-antonio-kast-criticas-camila-moreno-polemica-cancion-17-12-2021\">declared<\/a>, \u201cMay Kast and Pi\u00f1era die; we will burn this kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Leftists had indeed burned much of Chile up to this weekend. Leftist riots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2019\/10\/21\/11-killed-chile-riots-triggered-proposed-subway-fare-hike\/\">erupted<\/a> in late 2019 allegedly in response to a proposed hike in the Santiago metro fare that resulted in widespread burning down of government buildings, churches, and police stations. Local politicians claimed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2019\/12\/07\/chilean-interview-riots-santiago\/\">organized<\/a> leftist groups were handing out drugs, alcohol, and staging outdoor parties enticing people to engage in property destruction and looting. The violence continued even after Pi\u00f1era agreed to both stop the metro fare hike and to throw away the nation\u2019s Constitution, another mob <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/latin-america\/2020\/10\/19\/chile-churches-burn-left-demands-country-trash-its-constitution\/\">demand<\/a> that appeared to have little to do with the initially stated cause of the riots. Rioters and their enabling politicians such as Boric also failed to explain the relationship between protesting the public transit system and the extensive damage to Chile\u2019s historic Catholic churches, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2020\/10\/22\/chile-leftists-vandalize-rubble-incinerated-church-satanic-graffiti\/\">vandalization<\/a> with Satanic graffiti.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14800332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229158457.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14800332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1229158457.jpg\" alt=\"SANTIAGO, CHILE - OCTOBER 18: La Asuncion church burns during a protest on October 18, 2020 in Santiago, Chile. A series of protests and social unrest arose after a subway fare increase. It developed in a movement demanding improvements in basic services, fair prices and benefits including pensions, public health, and education. As a result, Chile will hold a referendum next Sunday to to decide whether or not to modify the Pinochet-era constituion. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">La Asuncion church burns during a protest on October 18, 2020, in Santiago, Chile. A series of protests and social unrest arose after a subway fare increase (Marcelo Hernandez\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the past month of campaigning, Boric did little to condemn the violence against Kast supporters, claiming tepidly, without evidence, that he had experienced similar situations.<\/p>\n<p>The international left, particularly in Latin America, effusively celebrated Boric\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate the Approve Dignity coalition on their victory and the new president-elect of Chile, Gabriel Boric,\u201d Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro wrote on Twitter. \u201cI salute the people of [leftist leader] Salvador Allende and V\u00edctor Jara for their resounding victory against fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.44578313253\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Felicito al Pacto Apruebo Dignidad por su victoria, y al nuevo presidente electo de Chile, Gabriel Boric. Saludo al pueblo de Salvador Allende y de V\u00edctor Jara por su contundente victoria sobre el fascismo. \u00a1Gran Jornada democr\u00e1tica! \u00a1Viva Chile! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cJZZ4wtqNO\">pic.twitter.com\/cJZZ4wtqNO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicolasMaduro\/status\/1472723587434004483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In neighboring Argentina, socialist President Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez personally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarin.com\/politica\/alberto-fernandez-cristina-kirchner-felicitaron-gabriel-boric-ganar-elecciones-chile_0_tGVad7Rtg.html\">called<\/a> Boric to congratulate him and invited him to visit Argentina. \u201cWhenever you\u2019d like,\u201d he said. Vice President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner (no relation), herself a two-time former president, appeared to bizarrely celebrate the Boric win on Twitter with a photo prominently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFKArgentina\/status\/1472696879515242499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1472696879515242499%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarin.com%2Fpolitica%2Falberto-fernandez-cristina-kirchner-felicitaron-gabriel-boric-ganar-elecciones-chile_0_tGVad7Rtg.html\">displaying<\/a> the Argentine flag.<\/p>\n<p>The Chilean stock market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latercera.com\/pulso\/noticia\/bolsa-se-desploma-en-reaccion-a-amplio-triunfo-de-gabriel-boric-en-las-alecciones-presidenciales\/SAGSK3RAJVD4LFLFW5XIJLOUYY\/\">collapsed<\/a> in response to the news of a far-left president-elect. The IPSA stock market index in Santiago, the largest in the capital, is down over seven percent at press time on Monday morning. Chile\u2019s&nbsp;<em>La Tercera<\/em> reports that, in response to Boric\u2019s calls to nationalize the health industry, economists expect the healthcare sector to experience the most catastrophic economic damage, as well as any industry with ties to the state.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639654455979000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fRfb_h2E6ZdmFpXjJbORU\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639654455979000&amp;usg=AOvVaw030ychS5E25vfDOdsWnlWi\">Twitter<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chile elected Gabriel Boric its president on Sunday, a sharp turn left after two years of Marxist mob violence targeting churches and government institutions. 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