{"id":63732,"date":"2021-12-22T06:39:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T06:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=63732"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:16:43","slug":"gabriel-boric-elected-as-the-youngest-ever-president-elect-of-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/gabriel-boric-elected-as-the-youngest-ever-president-elect-of-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Boric elected as the youngest-ever President-elect of Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leftist and former student leader&nbsp;Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile&#8217;s youngest President after he won a presidential&nbsp;runoff election. He defeated his opposition<strong>&nbsp;Jose Antonio Kast<\/strong>&nbsp;in the elections. Gabriel Boric will assume office in March 2022, will become the youngest president in Chile\u2019s history. Official results gave Mr. Boric 56% of the votes against Mr. Kast&#8217;s 44%. Mr. Kast conceded defeat barely an hour-and-a-half after polls closed, and with around half of ballots counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president-elect also promised to block a controversial proposed mining project which he said would destroy communities and the national environment. Chile&#8217;s currency, the peso, plunged to a record low against the US dollar after Mr Boric&#8217;s victory. Stock markets fell by 10%, with mining stocks performing particularly badly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist and former student leader&nbsp;Gabriel Boric, 35, will become Chile&#8217;s youngest President after he won a presidential&nbsp;runoff election. He defeated his opposition&nbsp;Jose Antonio Kast&nbsp;in the elections. Gabriel Boric will assume office in March 2022, will become the youngest president in Chile\u2019s history. Official results gave Mr. Boric 56% of the votes against Mr. Kast&#8217;s 44%. 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