Around 15.7 million Chileans are called to vote in the second round of the presidential elections to choose between left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara and far-right candidate José Antonio Kast. teleSUR
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00:00In Chile, citizens voting this Sunday is presidential runoff to choose the new president for the next four years.
00:05The presidential runoff pits progressive candidate Janet Jara against the far-right candidate Jose Antonio Cass.
00:10More than 15.6 million citizens are eligible to exercise the right to vote, which is mandatory in the South American nation.
00:17During the election day on November 16th, no candidate received more than 50% of the votes, the minimum number required to be declared president-elect.
00:30Let's take a look at the presidential candidate for the governing Unity for Chile coalition, Janet Jara, flag-bearer for the eight left-wing social-democratic and progressive parties, as well as the Christian Democrats.
00:42Jara was born in 1974 in Santiago de Chile.
00:45She was undersecretary of Social Security during Michelle Bachelet's second term, overseeing key reforms in pensions and Social Security.
00:53In March 2022, with the arrival of President Gabriel Boric to power, she was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security.
01:00Among her most notable contributions is the implementation of the 40-hour workweek law, approved in 2023.
01:06Her political career has been strongly linked to the defense of social and labor rights.
01:16Let's also take a look at Jose Antonio Cass, candidate for the Republican Party.
01:21Cass is a 59-year-old lawyer, representative of the conservative right, who has been presidential candidate in the 2017, 2021, and 2025 elections.
01:30He has been a representative for District No. 24, Metropolitan Region, from 2014 to 2018, and a representative for District No. 30, Metropolitan Region, for three consecutive terms.
01:40Among his political proposals are greater support for the police, a prison reform that seeks to restore state-controlled prisons,
01:47a commitment to the North to restore order and protect the borders.
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