The Start of a New Era in Chile

Sebastián Piñera Echenique from the oppositional center-right ”Coalición por el Cambio” is Chile’s next president after defeating his closest rival Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle from the ruling center-left grouping ”Concertación por la Democracia” in a run-off vote on January 17, 2010. Piñera was able to obtain 51.61 percent of the popular vote, making this the second-closest result of the last twenty years.