The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution
Chileans tried youthful utopianism. Now they crave maturity and moderation
The graffiti are still visible. Walls shout: “Death to the police!” Bus shelters demand: “No more private pensions!” Yet the occasionally violent social upheaval that rocked Chile from 2019 to 2022 is past. And the radical left-wing movement it propelled to power is now unpopular, having discovered that governing is harder than protesting.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution”
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