Billionaire, former journalist face off for Chile presidency


  • World
  • Sunday, 17 Dec 2017

A woman puts a sticker on a ballot box at a voting station ahead upcoming Chile's presidential election on December 17, in Santiago, Chile December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans vote in an uncertain runoff presidential election on Sunday that will determine if the world's top copper producer stays on its centre-left course or joins a tide of Latin American nations turning to the right in recent years.

Billionaire former President Sebastian Pinera, 68, a conservative who was considered the front-runner but earned fewer votes than expected in last month's first round, faces centre-left journalist and senator Alejandro Guillier, 64.

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