Four days after the announcement of the left’s victory in Chile’s elections, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) made a brief demonstration this Thursday (23) during his weekly live on social media. Bolsonaro referred to the victor from the neighboring country as “the Boric guy” and said that he had determined that Itamaraty would formally greet the winner.
Gabriel Boric, leader of the 2011 student protests, was elected president of Chile on Sunday (19) when he defeated the ultra-rightist José Antonio Kast, a candidate favored by pocketbookism.
By gathering the support of 4.6 million voters (55.8% against 44.1%), the name of Frente Amplio became the most voted candidate in Chilean history.
In his live, Bolsonaro read what was written on a printed paper, highlighting abstention in Chile, where voting is not mandatory, and said that 55% of those who went to the polls voted for “the Boric guy”.
Bolsonaro spent the last days off in Guarujá. He returned to Brasília this Thursday.
In 2020, the Bolsonaro government was the last among countries bordering Bolivia to congratulate the victory of Luis Arce, former economy minister under leftist Evo Morales.
In an election in which traditional parties were rejected at the polls, 35-year-old Boric represents a new generation of politicians who emerged from the 2011 student riots. reconciled with the Concertación, center-left alliance that ruled Chile for 20 years.
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