Claudia Heiss, a political scientist at the University of Chile, analyzes the factors behind the popular vote that brought ...

Hardline conservative José Antonio Kast has won a landslide victory in Chile’s presidential election as concern over crime and immigration propels one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries to the ...

The projects, worth $14.8 billion, are set to advance next year as tight supply and stronger prices reshape the market.

Chileans have elected the most right-wing presidential candidate since the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship over three and a half decades ago. In a runoff held on Dec. 14, 2025, José Antonio ...

José Antonio Kast’s decisive victory in Chile’s 2025 presidential election was recorded rapidly in vote tallies and ...

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

Chileans will vote in a runoff presidential election on Sunday that is likely mark the sharpest rightward shift of the South American country since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990. As ...

Chile's bishops' congratulated José Antonio Kast for claiming the South American country's election, but called for the ...

The admirer of dictator Augusto Pinochet and son of a Nazi party member will become Chile’s most right-wing president since the comeback of democracy in the '90s.

President-elect, son of a Nazi party member, is latest right-wing leader to ascend to office in Latin America; rival Jara was outspoken critic of Israel ...

Jeannette Jara of the ruling leftist coalition conceded defeat, saying "democracy spoke loud and clear." Security fears and migration concerns have shaped the tense runoff election.

Chile has elected its most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy, with Jose Antonio Kast securing a victory over his leftist runoff rival.