I WONDER IF JACINDA will befriend the new President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, with the same enthusiasm that she befriended Justin Trudeau? Boric’s decisive win, 55 percent to Kast’s 44 percent, is a reflection of Chile’s two years of political turmoil. Ironically, it was the very real prospect of a Pinochet clone taking control of Chile that mobilised the numbers necessary for Boric to win. It will not all be plain sailing for Boric when he is sworn in as President, in March of 2022. Assuming the people prevail, and the Aotearoan republic is born, then the chances must also be high that Chile’s President Boric will cross the Pacific to offer his support, and bear witness to, the inauguration of its first President – his good friend and comrade, Jacinda Ardern.

Source: The Guardian December 21, 2021 01:55 UTC