chile

This guy Kast is literally the son of a Nazi.

and he's winning

centre right candidate in Chile concedes, hints that he will support the far right https://t.co/hiwXoKwCRY

— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) November 21, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/leftist-chile-presidential-candidate-leads-new-poll-dec-19-vote-looms-2021-11-29/

People in Chile celebrate the death of Pinochet's widow. Enjoy! https://t.co/3DUO23fEpU

— AngryWorkers (@WorkersAngry) December 17, 2021

no hay mal que dure cien años

the season finale of Chile is going crazy with this and then the most significant election since the return of democracy on sunday

Chile, Cadem/Plaza Pública poll:

Second round

Boric (AD, left|green): 55% (+1)
J.A. Kast (FSC, right): 45% (-1)

(+/- vs. 14 December '21)

Fieldwork: 15-16 December '21
Sample size: 1,007#Elecciones2021CL #Chile #Boric #Kast pic.twitter.com/o0AcrMMjMh

— America Elects (@AmericaElige) December 17, 2021

Chile: Presidential candidate José Antonio Kast (FSC, right) has conceded defeat in today’s runoff election and congratulated Gabriel Boric (AD, left|green) on his victory. #Chile #Elecciones2021CL #EleccionesChile2021 https://t.co/QWw0dkY57X

— America Elects (@AmericaElige) December 19, 2021

Kissinger to die before Xmas.

Gabriel Boric has become the world's most powerful Tool fan

— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) December 19, 2021

Nazis lose again.

A victory for Bosch

I was searching Boric's Twitter feed to get a sense of his musical taste. He's also tweeted approvingly about Pearl Jam on multiple occasions.

uh oh

Populist flavor runs high in Chilean election campaign ads:pic.twitter.com/tyvjFtQzVf

— Brian Phipps (@brandstrat) December 8, 2021

Sexooooooooo

So happy, Kast winning would've killed me

This is good. Who knew sick riffs were the answer

Time for Kast to, ahaha, 'walk away'

Goose-step surely?

And yes of courss

henry kissinger lived just long enough to see a socialist take power in chile again.

— Asinus Pervicax (@Cato_of_Utica) December 20, 2021

enshallah

🚀 FUN FACT: The Swiftie candidate for the presidency of Chile, @gabrielboric has won the elections! 🇨🇱

He shares that he discovered @TaylorSwift13 during the pandemic and that his favorite album is "Folklore." pic.twitter.com/683H746hhK

— The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) December 20, 2021

Mark Fisher, espectro y legado, a través de la lectura del ahora Presidente electo de Chile, @gabrielboric.https://t.co/vUT9FZLbBG pic.twitter.com/qS7gloSw4g

— Caja Negra Editora (@cajanegraedit) December 20, 2021

there are also photos of Boric wearing Radiohead & NIN hats. hope he turns out to be a great president cuz I think he rules

lmao

Chilean reddit is going ham with Boric memes pic.twitter.com/vn5CnoI5Oi

— ❄️🎄☃️🌹Garrison Grogan🌹 ☃️🎄❄️ (@gammison) December 20, 2021

These CIA budget cuts have been brutal. https://t.co/Rr8HZkiuRP

— David Weigel (@daveweigel) December 20, 2021

https://t.co/LCot5R9JpV pic.twitter.com/eBQWxVyV49

— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) January 22, 2022

The Estallido Social in Chile from 2019-2020/-the present was one of the most powerful revolts of the last ten years. It went further than toppling a government, it won the chance for the social movements to rewrite the Constitution.
As predicted, that strategy has failed. pic.twitter.com/tYXNk7dN1P

— PeterGelderloos (@PeterGelderloos) May 16, 2022

Yeah, attempts to nationalize the mining sector in Chile have not historically gone without complications...

But there are 499 articles in the draft, and even if the entire document is rejected (as looks likely) in the September plebiscite, we don't know to what extent its tenets (such as recognition of greater autonomy of indigenous nations) will be implemented via other means.

This story ain't over.

Yeah, things are built stone by stone. A lot of anarchists ofc are writing it off (see also Peru) because voting, but my distanced sense is that these things won't go away.

Few things messier in the world than trying to finalize a constitution (hell, it's a nightmare just trying to agree on a non-profit's Mission Statement).

It's definitely not as fun as crowding into the Plaza de Italia and singing your lungs out.

Ugh. ^ I’d like to take that last sentence back. Comes off totally disrespectful.

Cry more bitch!

It is a woke and fiscally irresponsible mess https://t.co/TlzZriYrqs

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 6, 2022

they really need to stop calling things woke

Does the Economist do this a lot? It's a bit of a surprise..

Is that a joke

Instructive to compare this to their enthusiastic support of the Pinochet coup.

https://www.economist.com/news/2008/07/03/the-end-of-allende

the editorial does not in fact deploy the word "woke" in the headline or in the text

I didn't want to register (Esp after that picture of a bog roll).

It's not only a much better constitution than the precedent one (imo), but would look to be pretty dope on its own regards (imo again).

I assume you were joking xyzzzz__ but I guess if anyone didn’t know

At various points in its storied history, @TheEconomist opposed famine relief to Ireland, expressed sympathy for the Confederate States of America, was lukewarm about universal suffrage, opposed Britain's entry into World War I, and cheered the coup against Allende in Chile.

— Dhruva Jaishankar (@d_jaishankar) April 1, 2020

Xpost

Wokeness is a clear subtext in the piece ("lol, talking about gender, being nice to animals and the right to housing??"). I guess it's the mullet approach to editorial: business at the front in print, party at the back on social media.

Or just saying the quiet bit out loud for the clicks.

Beautiful.

I don't know guys, I think the new Chilean constitution actually sounds pretty good! https://t.co/Wp8QMKTDpt pic.twitter.com/gofKzsCWGC

— Gary McQuiggin (@ggaaarrryyyy) July 7, 2022

Thinking it's too good to get passed.

I'm sure The Economist patted Sri Lanka on the back.

sri lanka has been under 16 IMF programs and none have worked

— jude 🌍 (@whoajude) July 7, 2022

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXG6xgKVsAEKLKL?format=jpg&name=medium

sick burn