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Presidential candidates in Chile debate same sex civil unions

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 13, 2009.

Presidential elections in Chile will take place in December and as candidates define their proposals, cultural issues are starting to take the spotlight.

Chileans are taking an interest in the position of their presidential candidates on same sex civil unions and they're forcing the normally conservative political class to take sides on this issue. FSRN´s Jorge Garreton reports from Santiago.