Chilean far right looms large in election dominated by worsening crime

Voting opened Sunday in Chile's presidential and parliamentary elections that pit the government's communist former labour minister against a far-right candidate who has threatened mass deportations. The presidential poll will likely go to a run-off in December, as polls suggest no candidate will clear the first-round 50 percent threshold to win outright.

Chilean far right looms large in election dominated by worsening crime
Voting opened Sunday in Chile's presidential and parliamentary elections that pit the government's communist former labour minister against a far-right candidate who has threatened mass deportations. The presidential poll will likely go to a run-off in December, as polls suggest no candidate will clear the first-round 50 percent threshold to win outright.