Chileans on December 19 were facing a defining moment as they voted for a president to replace rightwing billionaire Sebastián Piñera whose second term is ending. Their choice of 35-year-old Gabriel Boric, social democratic candidate of the left-leaning Approve Dignity coalition, deflected the threat from devotees of Chile’s Pinochet dictatorship. They were backing billionaire José More

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