Gabriel Boric's victory in Chile's presidential elections on Dec. 19 -- confirmed the country's leftward swing in the wake of massive social protests in 2019. The 35-year-old is the country's youngest president-elect. Boric gained prominence as a protest leader ten years ago, when student movements rallied to demand free public education, and is seen by many as the institutionalization of widespread generational anger at Chile's unequal social system. (
Boric is part of new leftist wave (Jan. 3, 2021)
Boric is part of new leftist wave (Jan. 3…
Boric is part of new leftist wave (Jan. 3, 2021)
Gabriel Boric's victory in Chile's presidential elections on Dec. 19 -- confirmed the country's leftward swing in the wake of massive social protests in 2019. The 35-year-old is the country's youngest president-elect. Boric gained prominence as a protest leader ten years ago, when student movements rallied to demand free public education, and is seen by many as the institutionalization of widespread generational anger at Chile's unequal social system. (