US EditionChile's President-Elect Close to Other Far-Right Leaders "Culturally and Ideologically"
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Son of a Wehrmacht soldier, fan of the Pinochet dictatorship: Chile gets a new president. What does José Antonio Kast stand for? What comes to the country? An overview
Chile's president-elect close to other far-right leaders "culturally and ideologically"
Chile has just elected its first far-right leader, Jose Antonio Kast, since the fall of the dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1990. The arch conservative politician was elected on an anti-crime and anti-immigration platform, which won over 60% of voters. But "Kast has also been leading the fight against progressive values across the world" through his work, Javier Sajuria, Professor of Comparative Politics at Queen Mary University of London, tells FR…
An extreme right-wing current on the issue of security and with a social agenda hidden behind the flag of nationalism arrives at La Moneda Palace with more questions than answers: how will it manage the complex migration issue?, when will the rights cut begin?, will Milei be a friend or a competitor?Kast wins the elections in Chile and becomes the first ultra-rightist to come to power since the end of the dictatorship The polls predicted from th…
As the son of an NSDAP member who emigrated to Chile and as an admirer of Pinochet, Kast built up his campaign on the promise to expel tens of thousands of immigrants without papers. José Antonio Kast, extreme right-wing former congressman, was elected the next president of Chile. After counting more than 99 percent of the votes, Kast received 58.16 percent. Jeannette Jara, former Minister of Labour under current President Gabriel Boric, receive…
While the far right world jubilee, the progressive camp in Chile is preparing to face the far right president elected Sunday 14 December, José Antonio Kast. An article from the Swiss newspaper "The Courier".
Chile’s presidential election confirms South America’s far-right turn
For the first time, a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet has been elected president of Chile. Ultraconservative José Antonio Kast won the presidential runoff on Sunday, December 14, securing 58.2% of the vote against left-wing candidate and Communist Party member Jeannette Jara, who received 41.8%. Kast, 59, carried every region, including Santiago and its […]
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