'The coup destroyed us': Memories of Pinochet resonate in Chile's crossroads election


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  • Saturday, 18 Dec 2021

A demonstrator wears a t-shirt depicting Chilean presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast from far-right Republican Party and former chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, and reads, "Fascism never again", during a rally in Santiago, Chile, December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean Mireya Garcia, 64, feels there is more at stake than usual in this Sunday's presidential election.

The vote offers two visions for the future of Chile - 35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/student-leader-president-chiles-boric-eyes-historic-election-win-2021-12-15, who led mass protests as a university student, will go head to head with far-right lawyer Jose Antonio Kast https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chiles-kast-channels-pinochets-ghost-against-communist-left-2021-12-15, who has defended the complex legacy of former dictator General Augusto Pinochet.

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