Chile's fractious right has managed to unite behind Joaquin Lavin, the mayor of Santiago's prosperous LasCondes district and a fan of General Pinochet (not that he has wanted to play that up recently).
Until recently a popular mayor of LasCondes, one of Santiago's richest districts, Mr Lavin trails in the presidential polls: the latest gave him only 28% of the vote, compared with 40% for the Concertacion's Ricardo Lagos, a moderate Socialist.