Chile's presidential candidate Gabriel Boric gives a thumbs-up while casting his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election, in Punta Arenas, Chile December 19, 2021. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Avendano
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Ten years after leading student protests demanding better education, Gabriel Boric is set to become Chile's youngest-ever president, capping a remarkable rise for the Andean nation's progressive left.
The former law student who has pledged to bury Chile's "neoliberal" economic model convincingly defeated far-right rival Jose Antonio Kast in the country's presidential runoff on Sunday.
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