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To stay in our homes? i appreciate the update. chile has also seen street protests, but they're focused on economic issues. after more than two years of unrest chileans head to the polls to choose a new president. raphael romo looks at the front runners and whether they can unite a divided country. >> reporter: october 2019, santiago, chile. a democratic country long known as one of the most stable democracies in latin america erupts into chaos. the government of the president declares a state of emergency in a desperate attempt to contain violent clashes between security forces and proteste...

Write a new constitution that protests calmed down, but by then there had been tens of deaths. am by-product of these protests was a profound polarization and a sense of turmoil that set the current stage as chileans go to the polls sunday. >> what's at stake is how these things will sort themselves in the context of a new government, new president. and of course the main candidates tend to be people who really are really quite different from what we've been used to in chilean politics up to now. >> reporter: two polar opposites stand out unless one wins more than 50% of the vote on sunday, th...