Hello and welcome back to the Latin America Weekly newsletter! In this issue: the Chilean election hangs in the balance, but change is certain. Lula and Kirchner hold a joint rally in Buenos Aires. Covid concerns amid land border reopenings.
The end of the ‘Chilean way’
SANTIAGO — Chile heads to the polls on Sunday for an increasingly unpredictable presidential runoff election. But there is one near-sure thing: whoever wins the vote — left-wing Gabriel Boric or far-right José Antonio Kast — will begin veering Chile from the economic model it has had in place since the 1970s and 1980s, when former...
