tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post1614394942093431637..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Chilean municipal electionsGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-29015683135903329062008-10-28T07:19:00.000-04:002008-10-28T07:19:00.000-04:00The Concertacion was more like that at the beginni...The Concertacion was more like that at the beginning. The question is whether the Frente Amplio could keep that up for over a decade more.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-81507476606287857242008-10-27T17:56:00.000-04:002008-10-27T17:56:00.000-04:00It's been very interesting to watch the way Urugua...It's been very interesting to watch the way Uruguay's Frente Amplio coalition is working to find its consensus candidate for next year's election after having traveled in Chile recently and seen the ConcertaciĆ³n's circular firing squad take aim.<BR/><BR/>On Saturday night, the two leading contenders for the Frente Amplio, former Finance Minister Danilo Astori and Sen. Jose Mujica, appeared at a rally together in Rosario, standing arm in arm and vowing that the party's victory next October is more important than any individual candidate. <BR/><BR/>Compare that to the way former President Lagos has been going after President Bachelet in Chile and you see why the ConcertaciĆ³n may face an uphill battle in attempting to stay in power.Benjamin N. Gedanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09645034524970521213noreply@blogger.com