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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 26 January 2017

Campaigning kicks off

In early January, Senator Alejandro Guillier launched his bid to win the presidential nomination of Chile’s Partido Radical (formerly Partido Radical Social Demócrata, PRSD), a member of the leftist ruling Nueva Mayoría coalition. While firm presidential candidates will not be unveiled until after the July party primaries, the official launch of Guillier’s candidacy marks the first of the campaigning period ahead of the November general elections. Opinion polls suggest that the anti-establishment senator has fast emerged as one of the favourites ahead of the polls.

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