Time and again, election campaigns in LatAm throw up a symbolic moment when some mishap or other affects a candidate already fighting from an underdog's position. One that springs to mind was back in the late 1990's when Eduardo Duhalde had Palito Ortega as his Veep running mate for the presidential election (won by Fernando de la Rua) and Ortega said at the ticket's unveiling that he was proud to be the running mate of Eduardo Menem. The campaign was basically killed there and then.
Anyway, that was a long digression. Today's example of "you have now lost, we just need to wait for the result" comes from Chile's runoff campaign. Eduardo Frei is featured in this 30 second Youtube at the Chilean town of Puerto Montt yesterday. Even if you don't speak Spanish, make sure you have the volume on to hear the crowd's "oooh!" reaction.
Anyway, that was a long digression. Today's example of "you have now lost, we just need to wait for the result" comes from Chile's runoff campaign. Eduardo Frei is featured in this 30 second Youtube at the Chilean town of Puerto Montt yesterday. Even if you don't speak Spanish, make sure you have the volume on to hear the crowd's "oooh!" reaction.
The definitive symbolic moment of Frei's campaign. He loses to Piñera on January 17th, let there be no doubt about it.
PS: I'm glad to say he was unhurt so feel free to giggle.