Chilean politician wins to the beat of merengue. A leading Chilean politician won the right to run for President of Chile to the beat of Dominican merengue. The List?n Diario reported that pre-candidate Ricardo Lagos, representing the Partido Radical, Partido Socialista, Partido Democrata Chileno and Unidad Popular, chose Dominican musician to arrange the music for his campaign. Taveras explains that this demonstrates how tropical music is catching on in Latin America. Dominican music is increasingly being used to produce political spots and advertisement jingles.
