Mr PINERA was able to reassure voters that the right, which is still tarred in the minds of many Chileans by its support for dictatorship, can now be trusted to govern.

• 支持独裁使得众多智利人民对右翼势力仍心存疑虑，而皮涅拉使得广大选民重塑对右翼阵营能胜任执政的信心。