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Kast Turns Two Weeks of Government with a Hemorrhage in His Popularity

Summary by El Pais
The honeymoon for José Antonio Kast as the new president of Chile seems to have ended only two weeks after assuming the 11th of March. Polls show a drop in the popularity of the president accompanied by an even greater increase in disapproval, which surpasses the support. This political hemorrhage occurs at hours when the government announced on Monday night the biggest increase in the price of fuels in four decades, which will hit the pocket of…

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The honeymoon for José Antonio Kast as the new president of Chile seems to have ended only two weeks after assuming the 11th of March. Polls show a drop in the popularity of the president accompanied by an even greater increase in disapproval, which surpasses the support. This political hemorrhage occurs at hours when the government announced on Monday night the biggest increase in the price of fuels in four decades, which will hit the pocket of…

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A new fall recorded the approval of President José Antonio Kast in the poll Plaza Pública de Cadem, this after the announcement of the increase in the value of fuels. Now, the disapproval surpasses the president’s positive assessment. According to the company, the approval reached 47%, four points less than the previous poll and 10% less than at the beginning of his government. Meanwhile, the disapproval jumped from 42% to 49% compared to the pr…

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Although the most winning issue for José Antonio Kast as a candidate was his hard-handed message against crime and immigration, inflation will be the issue that will define if Kast manages to consolidate himself as a popular President or if he follows the path of greater rejection that approved that characterized the government of his predecessor Gabriel Boric. If Kast fails to reverse his fall in presidential approval polls soon, the idea that …

Two weeks after José Antonio Kast arrived in La Moneda, the polls show a deterioration in his level of support.The scenario coincides with an agenda marked by legal initiatives and administrative decisions that are discussed in Congress under the assumption of fiscal restrictions.Among these measures, the one that generated the greatest controversy was the adjustment to the Fuel Price Stabilization Mechanism (Mepco), which will imply increases i…

After the announcement of the historic rise of Benzina this week, the approval of President José Antonio Kast had a new and strong fall. It should be remembered that, starting tomorrow, Thursday, March 26, prices will go up $370 for gasoline and $580 for diesel. In that line, the Cadem poll carried out a new poll regarding citizen opinion regarding the contingency. This, a few days from the last study, which showed a decrease of 6 points in appr…

Two polls published this Wednesday coincide in a cross-sectional punishment of the president’s administration. In just 12 days, the rejection of the Kast administration went up to 30 points, showing the high political cost of an adjustment that directly hits the middle class’s pocket. The idyll of the first days of the administration of José Antonio Kast came to an end in a shocking way. After the announcement of the historic rise in fuel value—…

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La Hora broke the news in on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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