SANTIAGO, Chile — Gabriel Boric, a tattooed 35-year-old former student leader from the far south of Patagonia, has secured a crushing victory to become Chile’s president-elect.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Former student activist wins Chile’s presidential election
Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric, 35, defeated far-right populist José Antonio Kast to become the country’s youngest leader
By John Bartlett
Updated December 19, 2021 at 10:45 p.m. EST|Published December 19, 2021 at 10:08 p.m. EST