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Cheung Mo
30th October 2009, 05:40
Title should read "establishment".

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Enr%C3%ADquez-Ominami (Spanish...The English is useless.)

Marco Enríquez-Ominami is an independent leftist who has been endorsed by the Humanist Party, the Ecologist Party, and the Broad Social Front (which appears to be a Bolivarian party). His father is a leftist revolutionary who was murdered by Pinochet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Pi%C3%B1era

Sebastián Piñera is a right-wing candidate that is supported by conservative parties that descend from Pinochet's legacy. He is a billionaire who admits to having voted no on the referendum to remove Pinochet from power.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/34387/enrquez_ominami_becomes_a_factor_in_chile

The poll shows the moderate Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle (from Michelle Bachelet's ruling coalition) is tied with Enríquez-Ominami and that Pinera is way ahead but not able to secure a first round victory.