The election, set to be the most polarised in decades, pits a far-right candidate against a leftist.
Andres and his staff hastily close up the cafe.More than 30 years after the return of democracy, it was a moment many people had been waiting for.
As Chileans head to the polls this weekend, the spectre of that dynasty still looms large over voting choices. And the candidates are using that to their advantage.In turn Mr Boric, a former student protester, has played on his rival's authoritarian connections - Mr Kast's father was recently revealed to have been a member of the Nazi party.
"All of the achievements that people have made throughout history have come through social mobilisation - so we don't have to be afraid of the organisation of people," Gabriel Boric tells me in an interview, responding to criticism that a protest leader can't be a good politician.Gabriel Boric is a 35-year-old deputy and champion of a leftist formation that has the support of the Communist Party"José Antonio Kast is a man who admires Pinochet," Mr Boric says.
"He [Kast] has always defended freedom," says Montserrat Lemos, 28, who's there with her husband and little baby.
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