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Conservative Kast's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge across Latin America
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Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to Donald Trump. The president-elect, José Antonio Kast, has expressed nostalgia for a 17-year military dictatorship of the past, oppose…
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Far-right José Antonio Kast favored to win as Chile votes in presidential runoff
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Conservative Kast's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge across Latin America
SANTIAGO, Chile — As Chileans vote on Sunday, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast say the candidate whose radical ideas lost him the past two elections is likely to become the country’s next leader
Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to Donald Trump. The president-elect, José Antonio Kast, has expressed nostalgia for a 17-year military dictatorship of the past, oppose…
José Antonio Kast, a far-right politician who has praised Chile's former dictatorship, has won the presidency, signaling a sharp rightward shift fueled by fears over crime, migration and the economy.
Chile’s ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast secured a stunning victory in the presidential election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for the country’s most right-wing government in 35 years of democracy
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast secured a thumping victory in Chile's presidential runoff election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the leftist governing coalition and setting the stage for the country's most right-wing government in 35 years of democracy.
Conservative candidate José Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential runoff election, defeating government-backed candidate Jeannette Jara to become the country’s next president, according to official election results. Chile’s Electoral Service said on Sunday night that Kast secured 58.
Jeannette Jara of the ruling leftist coalition conceded defeat, saying "democracy spoke loud and clear." Security fears and migration concerns have shaped the tense runoff election.
José Antonio Kast, a far-right politician, who has praised Chile's dictatorship, has won the presidency, signaling a sharp rightward shift fueled by fears over crime, migration, and the economy.
Chileans have elected their most right-wing leader since the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet ended in 1990. José Antonio Kast won a runoff election with more than 58% of the vote. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Rossana Castiglioni, political scientist at Diego Portales Univers…
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship in 1990.
