Left-Wing Candidate Boric Edges Ahead in Chile Poll; Peso Falls

  • Boric gets 24% of intentions; Sichel follows with 22%: Cadem
  • Chile’s peso is the worst performing currency in EMs Monday
Gabriel Boric, presidential candidate.Photographer: Cristbal Olivares/Bloomberg
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Former student protest leader Gabriel Boric edged back into the lead in Chile’s latest opinion poll, though well within the margin of error, pointing to a tight race ahead of November’s election.

Boric obtained 24% of voter intentions, up from 21% in the previous week’s surveyBloomberg Terminal, according to a Cadem poll published on Monday. Right-wing candidate Sebastian Sichel placed second with 22%, down from 24% previously.