{"id":21750,"date":"2022-03-14T13:44:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=21750"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T20:44:20","slug":"progressives-worldwide-applaud-new-hope-for-chile-as-president-gabriel-boric-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/progressives-worldwide-applaud-new-hope-for-chile-as-president-gabriel-boric-sworn-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressives Worldwide Applaud New Hope for Chile as President Gabriel Boric Sworn In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric leaves Congress after his inauguration ceremony in Valparaiso, Chile on March 11, 2022. (Photo: Vanessa Rubilar Quintana\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Without a shadow of a doubt, Boric is leading us into a new chapter of Chilean history.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BRETT WILKINS<\/a> March 11, 2022 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progressives around the world<\/strong> cheered Friday as former student activist Gabriel Boric was sworn in as Chile’s new president, marking the most profound shift in the Andean nation’s political direction since the restoration of democracy and the end of a U.S.-backed military dictatorship three decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is the best generation of young politicians Chile has had in 50 years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Before the people and peoples of Chile I promise,” Boric said<\/a> during his swearing-in ceremony at Congress in Valparaiso, “know that we are going to do our best to rise to the challenges we face as a country.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests at the Boric’s inauguration included a representative from each of Chile’s Indigenous peoples, Chilean activists including Gustavo Gatica<\/a>\u2014who was left blind after being shot in the face during a 2019 Estallido social <\/a>protest against inequality\u2014as well as foreign dignitaries such as former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on behalf of the Peace and Justice Project he founded, Corbyn wished Boric “all the best and all our support and solidarity,” adding that the new president “has a huge task to heal the wounds of the past, close the gap between the richest and the poorest, and give hope to the next generation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n