Chile Election Notes - July 2025
A communist won the center-left primary. It is not time to panic.
Jeannette Jara of Chile’s Communist Party won the ruling center-left coalition’s primary with 60% of the low voter turnout. Jara, Chile’s minister of labor, competed against Carolina Toha, the former minister of interior, who was the frontrunner until recent weeks.
While most analyses of this race have focused on ideological positioning, with Jara furthe…
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