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| Chile's former president, Michelle Bachelet, will face off against the country's former economy minister, Pablo Longueira, in November's election, after Chileans selected two candidates in the country's first ever presidential primary on Sunday. | Chile's former president, Michelle Bachelet, will face off against the country's former economy minister, Pablo Longueira, in November's election, after Chileans selected two candidates in the country's first ever presidential primary on Sunday. |
| Bachelet won 73 per cent of the vote and will lead the centre-left New Majority coalition. She is the daughter of a general who was tortured to death for opposing General Augusto Pinochet's 1973 military coup, during which period Bachelet herself was arrested along with her mother. Longueira, who was close to Pinochet, won 51 per cent of the vote to lead the centre-right Alliance for Chile bloc. | Bachelet won 73 per cent of the vote and will lead the centre-left New Majority coalition. She is the daughter of a general who was tortured to death for opposing General Augusto Pinochet's 1973 military coup, during which period Bachelet herself was arrested along with her mother. Longueira, who was close to Pinochet, won 51 per cent of the vote to lead the centre-right Alliance for Chile bloc. |
| Bachelet, 61, has spent the past two years heading the UN agency for women after ending her 2006-10 presidency with strong popularity ratings. She is the frontrunner in the 17 November election and has vowed to use a second term to fight Chile's income inequality, change the Pinochet-era constitution and reform taxes and education. | Bachelet, 61, has spent the past two years heading the UN agency for women after ending her 2006-10 presidency with strong popularity ratings. She is the frontrunner in the 17 November election and has vowed to use a second term to fight Chile's income inequality, change the Pinochet-era constitution and reform taxes and education. |
| "Today's triumph is not the victory of one person, but of millions of Chileans," Bachelet said in a speech after the results were announced. "It's a project where the voices of citizens are vital. It's the triumph of the demand for education that is free, dignified and of quality for every child." | "Today's triumph is not the victory of one person, but of millions of Chileans," Bachelet said in a speech after the results were announced. "It's a project where the voices of citizens are vital. It's the triumph of the demand for education that is free, dignified and of quality for every child." |
| Longueira, 55, is a civil engineer and one of the founding members of the conservative Independent Democratic Union that supported Pinochet's dictatorship. He entered the presidential race two months ago when Laurence Golborne, a charismatic businessman seen as the centre-right's best hope for holding on to power, was forced out by a financial scandal. | Longueira, 55, is a civil engineer and one of the founding members of the conservative Independent Democratic Union that supported Pinochet's dictatorship. He entered the presidential race two months ago when Laurence Golborne, a charismatic businessman seen as the centre-right's best hope for holding on to power, was forced out by a financial scandal. |
| "If in just two months we won the primaries, in five months, we'll win the presidential elections," Longueira said. | "If in just two months we won the primaries, in five months, we'll win the presidential elections," Longueira said. |
| He seeks to follow in President Sebastian Pinera's footsteps. | He seeks to follow in President Sebastian Pinera's footsteps. |
| Pinera, a billionaire and former airline magnate, has overseen a period of high economic growth with low unemployment and inflation rates. But he has been troubled by widespread protests. | Pinera, a billionaire and former airline magnate, has overseen a period of high economic growth with low unemployment and inflation rates. But he has been troubled by widespread protests. |
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