Chile: Allende's granddaughter wins her first race
Chile: Allende's granddaughter wins her first race
Published: October 28, 2012
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Maya Fernandez Allende, the granddaughter of Chile's fallen socialist President Salvador Allende, won her first major political race on Sunday as leftist parties regained lost ground in municipal elections nationwide.
The election featured millions of citizens voting for the first time after Chile greatly expanded its electorate, although absenteeism was also high.
Fernandez, 41, defeated incumbent Mayor Pedro Sabat of the center-right National Renovation party in Nunoa, a district of the capital. A socialist and veterinarian by trade, she served on the local council in the district after growing up in Cuba, where her mother Beatriz lived in exile after President Allende died during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973 coup.
The left's biggest victory was in central Santiago, where Carolina Toha defeated Pablo Zalaquett of the ultra-conservative Independent Democratic Union. Toha served as former President Michelle Bachelet's spokeswoman, and her father, Allende's vice president, died after being jailed and tortured.
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