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Oh Chile, what have you done? Fuentes is probably the least worst option.

The soon to be former presidente wanders off, wandering what he's done wrong in the last five years.
 
The candidate opposing Fuentes is actually an evil Fascist! Communistas is the only option.
 
"And how do we know that Funetes is not an evil Communist? Your statements are based entirely on conjecture and wishful thinking, with no conclusive proof to back up your statements."

Sebastian Montenegro
 
I hereby propose the Protection of Private Property Act:

1) The government can't seize any property owned by a Chilean citizen or a Chilean registered corporation without a qualified majority in the Congreso of at least 3/4 of the votes.

2) The government can't pass laws considering the seizure of property from Chilean citizens or corporations without a a qualified majority of at last 3/4 of the votes in the Congreso.

3) If the government want to buy property from Chilean citizens or Chilean corporations, they must pay the seller the market prize for what they buy.

4) The government can't buy any property without the consent of the owner of said property.

5) If the Congreso decide to allow the government to seize the property of a Chilean citizen or corporation, a satisfactory compensation must be given to the owner of said property, that is no less than 65% of the value of said property.
 
"I agree with the proposal. Possession of property is one of the inalienable rights of any citizen, be they rich or poor, man or woman, old or young, native or foreign. It is a guarantee of freedom, which we may need in these dark times."

Sebastian Montenegro
 
Here's the tally as it now stands. Polls close in a little over two hours.

President:
Fuentes ((Maxwell500)): 10
Tottenheim ((thekinguter)): 6
Abstain: 0
 
"I find it hurtful that I am accused of being a monstrous fiend who will plunge Chile into a Dark Age...."


~ Ernesto F. Fuentes
 
And the polls are now closed. By my count, Ernesto Fuentes (Maxwell500) is the next President of the Republic.

Remember to appoint your cabinet, Presidente Fuentes.
 
"It's a said day indeed when the very people that fought against one dictatorship have elected another one."

~Senator & Commander of the Navy Daniel Palomino
 
The 1921 Presidential Election: Painful Choice​
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The 1921 Presidential Election proved to be one of the most contentious ever held in a rapidly modernizing Chile. The merger of the conservative Republicano and extremist Frente Nacional parties into the Republicanos Nacionales took the political world by surprise, and the addition of the Liberales into the coalition further shocked the country. The "anti-left" coalition, as the majority of the papers began to call it, took on a sinister flavor when outspoken fascist Gabriel Tottenheim secured the coalition's joint nomination following his ultra-nationalist speech "Why Choose The Third Way?" at the convention. The liberal press, who had been expecting to re-nominate Carlos Andonie for the presidency, were particularly shocked. The liberal editorial column of the Antofagasta Daily ran an article called "the death of the moderate."

The Presidential race itself had three candidates: the incumbent President David Bevan, the coalition candidate Gabriel Tottenheim, and the Communist frontrunner Ernesto Fuentes. While the Republicano Nacionales and the Liberales fought it out over their joint candidate at the convention, Fuentes and Bevan got an early start on their campaigns. Bevan continued to use the medium of radio to great effect, giving one address a week in the months leading up to the election. Fuentes' advisors pursued a more direct method of communication, after realizing that by in large only the middle and upper classes in Chile owned radios, and those in business establishments were rarely tuned to political addresses. Instead of using radio, the Fuentes campaign pasted a series of campaign posters onto various automobiles and drove them around the cities. Their campaign included one ill-fated attempt to affix loudspeakers to such a vehicle, ending with a series of noise complaints.

Tottenheim, following his primary victory, was immediately by a mass desertion of the liberal faction. After meeting with Liberal party leaders, Tottenheim agreed to liberalize his economic stance by adopting laissez-faire policies. The public met the announcement with alarm - Bevan's campaign released governmental figures indicating that hundreds of thousands (and by some estimates, millions) of Chileans were employed in industries that survived due to modest government subsidies that made them profitable. Even Tottenheim's own fascist backers met the move with concern, as defense-essential industries such as the Chilean artillery, small arms, munitions, armor, and rations manufacturing were kept in business by subsidy. However, Tottenheim placated his own party by renewing his commitment to military expansion.

Moving into the Presidential election, the Comunistas began to focus on the growing wealth inequality under Bevan claiming that the incumbent President "was not a true socialist, and has only solved the unemployment problem by pressing thousands into unforgiving backbreaking labor for the profit of the Bourgeoisie." The coalition similarly called the Bevan government "a dangerous failure that has punished the successful and only built workhouses for the poor." The result was that Bevan's popularity began to slip in his strongest area, the working class, despite heavy union support for his candidacy. The general election proved that Bevan's term of office had come to an end. After a lackluster showing of support in the suburbs, Bevan's only secured 76 electoral votes, compared to Fuentes' 134 and Tottenheim's 95. By Chilean electoral rules, Bevan was eliminated from the ballot. The ex-candidate reluctantly threw his support to Fuentes, who ultimately took the victory with 200 electoral votes to Tottenheim's 105.

Tottenheim, who had assaulted his opponent as a communist throughout the campaign (for of course, he was) swore that he would never accept Fuentes as President. A blackshirt march on the capital, roughly 50,000 supporters strong, was broken up by police just after the election. Ernesto Fuentes, whatever the fascist's objections, was the next President of the Republic.

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Protection of Private Property Act:

1) The government can't seize any property owned by a Chilean citizen or a Chilean registered corporation without a qualified majority in the Congreso of at least 3/4 of the votes.

2) The government can't pass laws considering the seizure of property from Chilean citizens or corporations without a a qualified majority of at last 3/4 of the votes in the Congreso.

3) If the government want to buy property from Chilean citizens or Chilean corporations, they must pay the seller the market prize for what they buy.

4) The government can't buy any property without the consent of the owner of said property.

5) If the Congreso decide to allow the government to seize the property of a Chilean citizen or corporation, a satisfactory compensation must be given to the owner of said property, that is no less than 65% of the value of said property.
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I need civil and military appointments from Maxwell500. While we're waiting, I'll call a snap vote on the Protection of Private Property Act.

Sample Vote:
Protection of Private Property Act: Yes/No/Abstain
 
"Breaking News! Earlier today, Admiral Caveo Kalambur was found dead, shortly after the Communist victory. The cause of death is still unknown, though he was apparently sitting in a chair in his home, reading a copy of the Diary of Santiago Salvador de Santandera at the time of his death."
 
Protection of Private Property Act: Yes

While we may have a Comunista in office, that does not mean he can just up and steal land. We still have our laws and our constitution: A Comunista president does not change that in the slightest.
 
"We cannot allow the Communists to destroy what has remained as Chile's greatest heritage through a century of prosperity, warfare, and peace: the right of the Chilean man to pursue happiness, his right to own property. We cannot allow, therefore, the Communists to take away what has created such a strong Chilean economy. I vote Yes on the Protection of Private Property Act.

Also, I would like to extend my condolences to the family of Admiral Kalambur. He was a fine officer - one of the best in the entire Navy - and he shall be greatly missed."

~Senator & Commander of the Navy Daniel Palomino
 
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"I've said this before and I'll say it again; I am for the Private Property Act. Let us show that despite the presence of a Communist president in La Moneda, the Congreso is still able to protect the rights of the people."

Sebastian Montenegro
 
“Xavier Kvaratskhelia was going to his office after receiving a letter telling him that he was given the position of a minster and General of two armies, but as he was walking on the footpath, a car started driving towards him and finally when he noticed it was too late, the car crashed into him and then people on the scene phoned the hospital and they arrived as fast as they could at the scene, Kvaratskhelia was in a very bad shape when he arrived at the hospital and lived for one more hour, at his last breath, he said his last words, 'All I wanted, was to see true equality among Chileans...'”
 
Protection of Private Property Act: No

We have laws and a constitution, a congress, officials of all kinds in all positions of government - these protect the rights and happiness of Chileans, not broadly worded, manipulated laws such as this. This act will be used to cripple the elected government's control of taxation, prevention of smuggling and other illicit activities, and other normal governmental abilities. Why? Because the reactionary politicians want the people's government to not have the capabilities they had when in power. They want governments they don't control to follow the same path of failure, to wear the same chains of petty politics that they wear. When the government comes that speaks for the people, the rich, the powerful politicians, all reactionaries seek after their own power. We have seen this many times, in many fashions. When they are not satisfied in the polls, they turn to violence, lies, intimidation to get their people into power. The dictatorship seized control for this, putting the burden of their lust for war, their lust for money, their lust for power - all this burden they put on the people of Chile. A gilded cross to bear, perhaps, but still an unbearable one. No better were the Free Staters - a Free State clinging to power by martial law, a city of Liberty with silenced parties, hushed people. At that time, it was as if the reactionaries had gotten all they wanted - if they could ever be satiated.

But even in those times, when the reactionaries would tighten their control even more, the Chilean people showed that they are more powerful than these petty politics. In the streets and in the polls they have now risen victorious. No longer will they be chained down like this to the whims of the political elite. The Chilean people will not be caged in to failure so as not to rise above the failure of the reactionaries.

The Chilean people will not be intimidated by the attempts to press them down, to sabotage the government when it is formed against the desires of the reactionary politicians.

The Chilean people will not wear this crown of thorns. They will not hang on this cross of gold.
 
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