Chilean communist politician and former Labor Minister Jeannette Jara overwhelmingly won in Sunday’s “progressive primary,” becoming the incumbent leftist government’s presidential candidate for the November 16 general election.
Jara’s victory also marks the first time in 25 years that the Chilean Communist Party has fielded a presidential candidate.
According to the Chilean outlet Ex-Ante , Jara, 51, joined the Chilean Communist Youth at the age of 14, the minimum age required to join the organization. She then joined the Chilean Communist Party in 1999, occupying several local public administrative positions in the years following. Ex-Ante…
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