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Gabriel Boric won Chile's presidential election on Sunday.
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Gabriel Boric won Chile's presidential election on Sunday.
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He defeated Jose Antonio Kast in a second election after the first-round of voting in November did not produce a winner.
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The two men received the most votes in November.
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Boric, 35, will be Chile's youngest modern president when he takes office in March.
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He entered politics in 2014 when he won a congressional election.
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Boric was known then for leading protests demanding improvements in the educational system.
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During the campaign, he promised to move the South American country away from some economic policies put in place during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
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Pinochet was in power from 1973 to 1990.
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Kast praised some policies of the Pinochet time during the campaign.
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Boric finished the first vote two points behind Kast, but he gained voters outside of the capital of Santiago before the second election.
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He finished ahead of Kast by 20 points in the northern region of Antofagasta.
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He won by 10 points overall.
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Boric said he would raise taxes on rich people to fund social programs, help the environment, and fight inequality in Chile.
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Kast, 55, won less than 8 percent of the vote in 2017.
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He gained popularity in the last four years with policy arguments compared to those of former United States President Donald Trump.
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Kast said he would restrict migration from countries like Haiti and Venezuela.
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There are fears in Chile that migrants are responsible for an increase in crime.
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As the election got closer, both candidates tried to move toward the middle to capture more voters.
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Boric was supported by Chile's left-wing parties, including the Communist Party.
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After adding new advisers in recent weeks, Boric said any changes would happen slowly and responsibly.
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Before the vote, a political expert at the University of Chile said people in the country were not excited about either candidate.
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Robert Funk said people in Chile worried that Kast would put extreme policies in place and that Boric was inexperienced.
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Even with the win, Boric may not be able to have a major effect on Chile because the congress is divided.
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In addition, the constitution of Chile is in the process of being re-written for the first time since the time of Pinochet.
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There could be a new election in the near future.
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I'm Dan Friedell.
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