Chilean education lurches to the left
Gabriel Boric vows to forgive student loans and reduce testing in schools
ALEXIS MARAMBIO grew up in a tiny flat in La Pintana, a poor neighbourhood of Santiago, Chile’s capital. For most of his life he shared a room with his brother; his sister slept in her parents’ bed until she was 13. Leak stains still blotch the walls. Bars on the windows keep out thieves and most sunshine. “This is the raw side of Chile,” he says.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “A lurch to the left”
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