A Chunk of Chile with a Dash of South America

Living and travelling in South America from our base in Chile since 1997. I have personally experienced the extremes here, living in a shed without a bathroom in a poor dangerous part of town to the other extreme of having an elegant dinner with the President at the palace. This blog is about things that I have done or that have caught my attention here as well as travel information that may be useful.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Chilean Presidential Election Street Celebrations

Sebastián Piñera, the guy that owns most of Chile, was elected as the country's next president (2010-2014) after the results of the second decisive round of the election came through on Sunday.

The Left has finally succumbed to the Right after holding power over the last 20 years so of course there was a lot of celebrating in the street. The following video was taken from the middle of the main street of Pucón (South of Chile).


Notice the beeping of horns (typical of any Chilean celebration) and people hanging out of car windows while the carabineros (police) look out without doing anything (probably want to avoid getting lynched by the euphoric crowd).

What do you think about the result of this election?

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