Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera delivers a speech to supporters after leading in the first round of general elections in Santiago Chile November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera said he would court centrists on Monday, in a bid to regain ground in Chile's presidential election after a surprise surge by leftists in Sunday's first-round vote.
Pinera faces a tight Dec. 17 runoff against centre-left Alejandro Guillier and will also likely have to deal with opposition to his promised tax breaks in the next left-leaning Congress if he triumphs.
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