Chilean election offers stark choice: a leftist or an admirer of Pinochet

The campaign has resurfaced deep divisions and revived bitter memories of the country's recent past

Chilean voters headed to the polls on Sunday to chose between two presidential candidates offering starkly contrasting visions for the future, in the country's most divisive elections since it returned to democracy in 1990.

Leftwing candidate Gabriel Boric, a tattooed former student protest leader, has pledged to empower women and Indigenous people and raise taxes and spending in order to create a fairer Chile.