The presidential election is set for this november. As conservative president sebastian pineta's term comes to an end. Gabriel burich, a legislator and former student leader from the party converensia social defeated communist party mayor daniel hadway in an upset win mayoral primary. The traditional political parties including the socialist party most recently brought president michel bachelet to power are also at odds with each other. And so now i'm going to give a brief over view to orient you to chilean politics. There are a lot of moving pieces that i discuss in this interview with my two guests, aldo mada aga and camilla vergara
Dan interviews scholars Aldo Madariaga and Camila Vergara about how Chilean politics have been playing out since the massive popular uprisings that began in October 2019.
Further reading:
jacobinlat.com/2021/06/19/el-neoliberalismo-atenta-contra-la-democracia-2
newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/burying-pinochet
jacobinmag.com/2021/06/rene-rojas-interview-democracy-new-constitution-constituent-assembly-plebiscite-left-chile
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