José Antonio Kast’s victory follows the country’s failed attempts to rewrite its constitution by centering Indigenous and ...

Chile’s election could reshape politics with most right-wing leader since dictatorship - Even if elected, it remains uncertain whether Kast can implement his more grandiose promises ...

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 ...

Kast easily beat leftist presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, steering the country its farthest rightward since the ...

In a runoff held on Dec. 14, 2025, José Antonio Kast, a Republican Party ex-congressman and two-time former presidential candidate, won just over 58% of the vote, while his opponent, Jeannette Jara, ...

After being edged out by 2.9% in the Nov. 16 general election by his Communist Party opponent Jeannette Jara, Republican Party candidate José Antonio Kast reversed the result in the Dec. 14 runoff ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Fans sported MAGA-style caps. AC/DC blasted from the speakers. Red, white and blue flags flapped in the wind. Crowds whooped and cheered as the man of the hour lamented the ...

José Antonio Kast is a product of Chile’s long shadow, where the unresolved legacies of the military dictatorship seep into the present. Born in 1966 to a German immigrant family, Kast emerged from ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans voted for a new president and parliament on Sunday in a contest expected to favor the hard right as candidates play on popular fears over organized crime and ...

Some 35 years after the return to civilian rule following the infamous Pinochet dictatorship, Chile will soon be governed by ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Two candidates with drastically different ideologies, priorities and diagnoses for the future will come head to head in a presidential runoff next month, after winning the most votes ...