Chile President Boric Withstands Fallout From Massive Blackout
- Boric approval unchanged at 29%, respondents blame companies
- Chile probes rare power fault cause that left millions in dark
Out of service traffic lights during a power outage in Santiago, Chile, on Feb. 25.
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President Gabriel Boric’s popularity was unscathed by Chile’s biggest blackout in over a decade, as the nation works to find those responsible for a rare failure that left most of the population in the dark and halted the world’s largest copper mines.
Boric’s approval rating remained unchanged at 29% after the blackout, according to a Cadem poll published late Sunday. A survey released the same day by Pulso Ciudadano put his approval at 30.8%, while showing that over two thirds of people blame electricity companies for the failure.