Chile Elections: Get to Know the Presidential Candidates

Chile holds its presidential election this Sunday (16), with crime being the main concern of Chileans, according to recent polls. The election will place eight candidates in the first-round race. Among them are: Franco Parisi Fernandez, Jeannette Jara Roman, Marco Antonio Enriquez-Ominami Gumucio, Johannes Kaiser Barents-Von Hohenhagen, Jose Antonio Kast Rist, Eduardo Antonio Artes Brichetti, Evelyn Matthei Fornet, and Harold Mayne-Nicholls Secul. However, four candidates are leading the polls, potentially taking the election to a second round, if needed, on December 14. Learn more about the main candidates for the Chilean presidential election below. Jeannette Jara Jeannette Jara, 51, comes from the ruling coalition. She is the first communist candidate in Chile since the return of democracy to the country and is the favorite in most opinion polls…