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Alexander Villegas

In Chile's edgy Barrio Yungay, a progressive president readies to move in

Epifanio Jesus, a Cuban migrant, walks past graffiti in 'Yungay' neighbourhood, where Chile's incoming President Gabriel Boric will move to his new residence in Santiago, Chile March 8, 2022. Picture taken March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

In Barrio Yungay, an edgy central Santiago neighborhood, an artist-owned sourdough bakery rubs shoulders with the Chilean city's oldest barbershop and a mini-market with a flickering back light that sells vegetables, dairy products and snacks.

Now the district will be home to a president too, in a powerful sign of changing times in the Andean nation, where anger has risen in recent years over stark inequality and an entrenched ruling elite.

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