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| − | '''Gabriel Boric | + | '''Gabriel Boric Font''' (b. [[Punta Arenas]] February 11, 1986) is a [[Chile]]an and self-described [[communist]] politician who was elected [[Chile]]'s president in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35. He previously served as deputy from 2014 to 2022 and was a prominent student radical activist in the leftist mobilizations of 2011 which were about the nationalization of the education system in order to have a welfare state that provides 'free and quality education'.<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></ref> |
| − | + | == 2021 Election == | |
| − | + | In the 2021 Presidential Election, the final front-runners were the [[Republican Party (Chile)|Republican]] [[José Antonio Kast]] and Gabriel Boric. Kast won the first round with a 27.91 % of the votes (1,961,387 votes) and Boric obtained 25.82 % (1,814,777 votes). But Kast lost the second round obtaining 44.13 % (3,650,088 votes) against 55.87 % (4,620,890 votes) from Boric. With this Chile ends an era of free-market oriented policies and Socialism retakes the government. | |
Earlier polls showed a very tight race.<ref name=at-22nov21/> | Earlier polls showed a very tight race.<ref name=at-22nov21/> | ||
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Will Gabriel Boric, a millennial socialist, be as good as his word?</i></ref> | Will Gabriel Boric, a millennial socialist, be as good as his word?</i></ref> | ||
| − | Boric showed anti-Jewish bigotry after he got a blessing gift from the Jewish | + | After Boric won, he was asked: "how much weight will the Communist Party have in your government?"<ref>[https://digismak.com/gabriel-boric-how-much-weight-will-the-communist-party-have-in-your-government/ Gabriel Boric: how much weight will the Communist Party have in your government?] Digismak, December 20, 2021</ref> |
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| + | Regardless of politics, he generated youngsters' leftists excitement, who couldn't care less about politics, through his professed being a fan of singer [[Taylor Swift]].<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/chiles-youngest-president-gabriel-boric-taylor-swift-fan-4577564.html</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/TheSwiftSociety/status/1472719839118733315</ref> What is called a "Swifty." Like [[Barack Obama]], he knows how to use pop culture, including natiive masses. | ||
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| + | Boric showed anti-Jewish bigotry after he got a blessing gift from the Jewish community in 2019, though it was masked under "criticism of Israel" - totally unrelated.<ref>Damian Pachter, [https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/12/20/chiles-president-elect-backs-bds-accuses-israel-of-genocide/ Chile's president-elect backs BDS, accuses Israel of 'g......e'], ILH, 12-20-2021. | ||
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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." | 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." | ||
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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.</blockquote></ref> | 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.</blockquote></ref> | ||
| − | Then came the alleged revelations of Boric's rival, Kast's father Nazi past.<ref>[https://cbs4local.com/amp/news/nation-world/fathers-nazi-past-haunts-chilean-presidential-frontrunner Father's Nazi past haunts Chilean presidential frontrunner], KDBC, Dec 8, 2021.<br><i>BERLIN (AP) — The German-born father of Chilean presidential frontrunner José Antonio Kast was a member of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party...</i></ref><ref>Katy Watson, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59689731 Chile's dark past hangs over presidential run-off] | + | Then came the alleged revelations of Boric's rival, Kast's father alleged Nazi past (part of Boric supporters smear against Kast).<ref>[https://cbs4local.com/amp/news/nation-world/fathers-nazi-past-haunts-chilean-presidential-frontrunner Father's Nazi past haunts Chilean presidential frontrunner], KDBC, Dec 8, 2021.<br><i>BERLIN (AP) — The German-born father of Chilean presidential frontrunner José Antonio Kast was a member of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party...</i></ref><ref>Katy Watson, [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-59689731 Chile's dark past hangs over presidential run-off] |
BBC. Dec 18, 2021. | BBC. Dec 18, 2021. | ||
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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.</blockquote></ref> | 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.</blockquote></ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:06, December 22, 2021
| Gabriel Boric | |||
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| President Elect of Chile From: March 11, 2022 – March 11, 2026 | |||
| Predecessor | Sebastián Piñera | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, District 28 (Santiago) From: March 11, 2018 – March 11, 2022 | |||
| Predecessor | Creation of the district | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, District 60 (Santiago) From: March 11, 2014 – March 11, 2018 | |||
| Predecessor | Miodrag Marinović Solo de Zaldívar | ||
| Successor | Dissolution of the district | ||
| President of the Federation of Students of the University of Chile From: December 19, 2011 - November 28, 2012 | |||
| Predecessor | Camila Vallejo Dowling | ||
| Successor | Andrés Fielbaum | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Social Convergence | ||
| Religion | Agnostic | ||
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Gabriel Boric Font (b. Punta Arenas February 11, 1986) is a Chilean and self-described communist politician who was elected Chile's president in Dec, 2021, at the age of 35. He previously served as deputy from 2014 to 2022 and was a prominent student radical activist in the leftist mobilizations of 2011 which were about the nationalization of the education system in order to have a welfare state that provides 'free and quality education'.[1]
2021 Election
In the 2021 Presidential Election, the final front-runners were the Republican José Antonio Kast and Gabriel Boric. Kast won the first round with a 27.91 % of the votes (1,961,387 votes) and Boric obtained 25.82 % (1,814,777 votes). But Kast lost the second round obtaining 44.13 % (3,650,088 votes) against 55.87 % (4,620,890 votes) from Boric. With this Chile ends an era of free-market oriented policies and Socialism retakes the government.
Earlier polls showed a very tight race.[1]
Boric promised a welfare state.[2]
After Boric won, he was asked: "how much weight will the Communist Party have in your government?"[3]
Using pop culture
Regardless of politics, he generated youngsters' leftists excitement, who couldn't care less about politics, through his professed being a fan of singer Taylor Swift.[4][5] What is called a "Swifty." Like Barack Obama, he knows how to use pop culture, including natiive masses.
Views on Israel
Boric showed anti-Jewish bigotry after he got a blessing gift from the Jewish community in 2019, though it was masked under "criticism of Israel" - totally unrelated.[6]
Chile is home to largest Arab Palestinian population outside the Middle East. Many Jews intented first to vote for his rival, right-wing: José Antonio Kast as Chile’s Jews felt under ‘siege’ from anti-Israel sentiment.[7]
Then came the alleged revelations of Boric's rival, Kast's father alleged Nazi past (part of Boric supporters smear against Kast).[8][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monica Showalter, Stunning good news from Chile..., American Thinker, November 22, 2021.
- ↑ 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? - ↑ Gabriel Boric: how much weight will the Communist Party have in your government? Digismak, December 20, 2021
- ↑ https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/chiles-youngest-president-gabriel-boric-taylor-swift-fan-4577564.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TheSwiftSociety/status/1472719839118733315
- ↑ 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 right-wing 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.