Gabriel Boric Once Criticized Her. Now, She Must Turn Around His Administration.
Veteran politician Carolina Tohá, Chile’s new interior minister, faces rising crime and a government in some distress.
When the center-left Chilean politician Carolina Tohá was mayor of a central district of Santiago from 2012 to 2016, she was a lightning rod for criticism from leaders of an energized, left-wing student movement. One of them was none other than Gabriel Boric, who took to Twitter to accuse her of perpetuating a “progressive double standard” and “opportunism.” Now, Boric is president of Chile—and has turned to the experienced Tohá to help his government recover from a wave of recent setbacks. Following the rejection last month of a proposed new constitution that he had...
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