Povieusly, what happens now when they have to turn those promises into practice? And howlhe prioriside as these reforms, is going to be the most interesting part of this. The other thing that certainly isn't in his favour is that he has a divided congress. It can be very hard for him to push through the reforms that he actually wants. Oho over the next four years, i don't think he's going to be able to change chilly an kand of turn it on its head. But if it resembles something more of a, more of a social democracy, in four years time, than i think he could say that his administration has been a success
The 35-year-old president-elect in Chile loves tattoos, Taylor Swift, and progressive policies. Gabriel Boric will now try to overhaul the government as Chile rewrites its constitution.
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