Chile, Presidential Election
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Chileans are expected to elect a conservative hardliner over a communist candidate in a presidential run-off on Sunday, as concerns over crime and immigration roil one of Latin America’s wealthiest nations.
Chileans head to the polls on Sunday, and an arch-conservative pledging mass migrant expulsions is strongly favored over his leftist opponent.
Days before the election, U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Asfura and announced his pardon of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández, who belongs to the same party and last year was sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for helping move tons of cocaine.