When Gabriel Boric, head of the left-wing Social Convergence party, became Chile’s youngest president on March 11, his supporters and opponents knew he would be a herald of change.
At 36, the former student union leader and chamber of deputies member is the youngest president in the nation’s history. Boric, who won a runoff election against right-wing rival José Antonio Kast on Dec. 19, 2021, has strong ties to the country’s Communist Party, which created a stir during his campaign.
