Race tightens in countdown to Sunday’s vote

Marco Enriquez-Ominami (MEO), the maverick presidential candidate who placed third in last December 13’s presidential election with a stunning 20 percent of the popular vote, officially gave his support Wednesday to the beleaguered campaign of Sen. Eduardo Frei.

Frei, the second place finisher in last month’s race and who is the candidate for the center-left “Concertacion” political coalition that has governed Chile the past 19 years, received a disappointing 29 percent of the vote in December. He faces-off this Sunday with front-runner billionaire businessman Sebastián Piñera, who received 44 percent of the vote.