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Chile Elects Far-Right Candidate José Antonio Kast as President

HeadlineDec 15, 2025

In Chile, far-right candidate José Antonio Kast was elected president on Sunday. Kast has vowed to crack down on crime and immigration and has called for a mass deportation campaign. Kast has also praised the U.S.-backed military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, saying, “If he were alive, he would vote for me.”

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