'We did it!' Chile's Boric seals leftist revival with election win

A poster of Lucia Hiriart, the widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, reading "Bye old lady" is seen along a street in downtown Santiago, Chile, December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric won the country's presidential runoff election on Sunday, capping a major revival for the country's progressive left that has been on the rise since widespread protests roiled the Andean country two years ago.

In downtown Santiago, supporters cheered, embraced and waved flags with Boric's image, as well as rainbow flags of LGBT groups that have backed his socially inclusive policies as well as plans to overhaul Chile's market-orientated economic model.