Chilean Communist Jeannette Jara, the country’s former labor minister, has won the primary election for left-wing parties with surprising ease, beating out a more moderate rival to clinch over 60% of the vote.

Chilean communist Jeannette Jara defeated her center-left rival to win the presidential nomination for Chile’s left-wing coalition in a landslide. Jara secured over 60% of the vote, signaling the Chilean Left’s commitment to shift even further left in the face of a resurgent Right.

Lea en español.Just over a hundred years after its creation, Chile’s Communist Party may have unexpectedly found one of its best-ever presidential hopefuls.Jovial, pragmatic and undogmatic, Jeannette Jara embodies all the characteristics people typically don’t associate with the party.