Leftist Chile presidential candidate leads new polls as run-off vote looms

FILE PHOTO: Chilean presidential candidate Gabriel Boric, of left-wing coalition 'Apruebo Dignidad' (I Approve Dignity), gestures as he attends a session at the congress in Valparaiso, Chile, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean leftist candidate Gabriel Boric was leading conservative Jose Antonio Kast in the latest polls released on Sunday ahead of the second round of the presidential election on Dec. 19.

The polarized run-off vote will set the political tone in the Andean country for the years ahead, with the two candidates pushing wildly different visions for the future of the world's top copper-producing nation.