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Outsider runs for Chile presidency
Filmmaker with little political experience challenges established candidates.
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2009 19:14 GMT



The presidential election in Chile was supposed to be a race between two candidates.

But that was before Marco Enriquez Ominami, a 36-year-old filmmaker with only a few years of political experience, erupted onto the scene.

In an outspoken campaign, he has been calling for major social and political changes.

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Santiago.

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