Chile elects Kast as president
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José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.
Jose Antonio Kast’s presidential victory marks Chile’s most dramatic political shift since the end of military rule in 1990. Winning on his third attempt, the far-right leader rode public anxiety over crime,
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Conservative Kast’s victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge across Latin America
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.
Chilean stocks hit a fresh record in early trading on Monday and the peso held near a 14-month high after ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast won the presidency by a landslide, heralding the nation’s most dramatic rightward shift in decades.