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WORLD, Page 29World NotesCHILEDemocracy Back on Track
Chile's long democratic tradition was finally back on track
last week after a 16-year hiatus. In the first presidential
election since the bloody 1973 coup that ousted Marxist
Salvador Allende Gossens and brought General Augusto Pinochet
Ugarte to power, voters elected Patricio Aylwin, 71, a Christian
Democrat. As soon as Aylwin's victory seemed assured, thousands
of citizens poured into the streets in jubilant celebration.
Said Aylwin: "Chile has again taken destiny into its own hands."
A former Senator who ran as head of a 17-party center-left
coalition, Aylwin received 55.2% of the vote, easily defeating
both a right-wing candidate backed by Pinochet and a populist
businessman. Pinochet, whose attempt to retain power was
rebuffed last year in a national plebiscite, is scheduled to
step down March 11. But by staying on as Commander in Chief of
the army for at least eight years, he will keep a hand on the
reins.