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Presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, former labour minister in Gabriel Boric's government, won the Chilean left-wing primaries, becoming the ruling party's candidate for the general elections next November.
Jara, a member of Chile's Communist Party, won 60 percent of the vote, according to results based on 93 percent of ballots counted, published by the Electoral Service. PROFILE OF JEANNETTE JARA, CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE