Hope and uncertainty as Chile shifts left under Boric


Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Chilean author Isabel Allende meet in Santiago, Chile March 10, 2022. President-elect press office/Handout via REUTERS

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile will shift to the left on Friday when Gabriel Boric, 36, is sworn in as the South American country's youngest ever president after pledging social and economic reforms, and riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the political status quo.

Boric, a tattooed former protest leader and lawmaker, marks a sharp departure from outgoing billionaire Sebastian Pinera. He has sparked hope among progressives as well as fears that Chile's decades of economic stability will come under attack.

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