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| − | '''Gabriel Boric,''' was elected Chile's president in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35. | + | '''Gabriel Boric,''' was elected [[Chile]]'s president in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35. |
| − | A former student radical "activist," a self-described [[communist]]<ref name= | + | A former student radical "activist," a self-described [[communist]]<ref name=at-22nov21>Monica Showalter, [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/stunning_good_news_from_chile__and_not_just_for_them_but_for_us.html Stunning good news from Chile...], American Thinker, November 22, 2021.<br><i> |
Gabriel Boric, a self-described communist...</i></ref> who won after his rival Gast far-right's father Nazi background was revealed shortly before the election. | Gabriel Boric, a self-described communist...</i></ref> who won after his rival Gast far-right's father Nazi background was revealed shortly before the election. | ||
Revision as of 21:49, December 20, 2021
Gabriel Boric, was elected Chile's president in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35.
A former student radical "activist," a self-described communist[1] who won after his rival Gast far-right's father Nazi background was revealed shortly before the election.
Earlier polls showed a very tight race.[1]
Boric promised a welfare state.[2]
Boric showed anti-Jewish bigotry after he got a blessing gift from the Jewish communityin 2019, though it was masked under "criticism of Israel" - totally unrelated.[3]
Chile is home to largest Arab Palestinian population outside the Middle East. Many Jews intented first to vote for his rival, far-right: José Antonio Kast as Chile’s Jews felt under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment.[4]
Then came the revelations of Boric's rival, Kast's father Nazi past.[5][6]
After Boric won, he was asked: "how much weight will the Communist Party have in your government?"[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monica Showalter, Stunning good news from Chile..., American Thinker, November 22, 2021.
Gabriel Boric, a self-described communist... - ↑ Chile’s new president promises to bury neoliberalism, Economist, Dec 20, 2021.
Latin America’s new leftists. Will Gabriel Boric, a millennial socialist, be as good as his word? - ↑ Damian Pachter, Chile's president-elect backs BDS, accuses Israel of 'g......e', ILH, 12-20-2021.
Two years ago, Gabriel Boric responded to a Rosh Hashana gift of honey from the local Jewish community by saying they could "start by demanding Israel return the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies."
Chile is home to some half a million Palestinian immigrants, most of whom are Christian. The country's Jewish population, in comparison, numbers only tens of thousands. President of the Chilean community in Israel Gabriel Colodro told Israel Hayom that "Boric has voted for every bill against Israel, called Israel a murderous state on public television, and consistently supports boycott of Israel." However, Colodro said, he is Chile's president-elect, a fact that should not only be respected, but appreciated. "He will be judged by his actions, not his declarations," Colodro said.
"His remarks and the agreements he has made have an antisemitic nature, but it's not important what he has said, but what he will do. There is concern for the Jewish community [in Chile], but we wish him success," Colodro said.
- ↑
Alan Grabindky, Chile’s Jews feel under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment, so they’re backing a far-right presidential candidate, JTA, Nov 23, 2021.
As in most other Latin American Jewish communities, with the exception of Argentina, the majority of Chilean Jews are staunch Zionists who stand behind more conservative leaders because of their perceived support of Israel. And what has defined public life for Chile’s 18,000 or so Jews during the past two decades, according to several community members, is a strong anti-Israel discourse emanating from the left, which includes the country’s vocal 350,000-strong Palestinian community, the largest one outside of the Middle East. “There is a feeling of siege,” Yonathan Nowogrodski, a 43-year-old engineer and decades-long community leader who identifies as center-left Zionist, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Since the Second Intifada in the late 1990s, the voice of pro-Israel activists on the left has been pushed aside by an increasingly well-organized Palestinian community, especially on university campuses, Nowogrodski said.
- ↑ Father's Nazi past haunts Chilean presidential frontrunner, KDBC, Dec 8, 2021.
BERLIN (AP) — The German-born father of Chilean presidential frontrunner José Antonio Kast was a member of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party... - ↑ Katy Watson, Chile's dark past hangs over presidential run-off
BBC. Dec 18, 2021.
Andres Cohen... it took Andre eight months to return, so traumatised and fearful he was of what had happened.
It's this fear that far-right candidate José Antonio Kast has capitalised on, tapping in to peoples' desire for stability.
It helped him win the first round, taking 28% of the vote, while the closest rival, leftist Gabriel Boric, secured 25%. Polls are showing it's now neck-and-neck between the candidates.
Father-of-nine Kast is against abortion, same-sex marriage and immigration. He has also praised the military dictatorship under General Augusto Pinochet.
But Mr Kast will get Andres' vote...
Polls are showing it's now neck-and-neck between the candidates.
Father-of-nine Kast is against abortion, same-sex marriage and immigration. He has also praised the military dictatorship under General Augusto Pinochet.
But Mr Kast will get Andres' vote.
"We all want things to change but destroying the country is not the way," he says, admitting that as a business owner he's in a difficult position...
Mr Kast calls Mr Boric a communist.
In turn Mr Boric, a former student protester, has played on his rival's authoritarian connections - Mr Kast's father was recently revealed to have been a member of the Nazi party.
- ↑ Gabriel Boric: how much weight will the Communist Party have in your government? Digismak, December 20, 2021