Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric presents his first cabinet
Economics greater challenge than politics for Chile’s hydrogen sector
Moderate cabinet appointments help ease concerns over industry’s prospects under country’s new president
Chile has great expectations for its fledgling hydrogen industry, and it is moving in the right direction despite concerns by some over the recent election of a far-left candidate as president. President-elect Gabriel Boric, who will take office on 11 March, promised to “bury” Chile’s market-oriented economic system while campaigning for the first round of the presidential election in November, but his rhetoric shifted to the centre-left to win the runoff election on 19 December. This shift appears genuine based on Boric’s recently announced cabinet, says Etienne Gabel, senior director with the Latin America gas, power, and renewables team at information provider IHS Markit “Boric’s cabinet
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