Ultra-right José Antonio Kast wins Chilean presidential election
José Antonio Kast won the Chilean presidential election on Sunday, capitalizing on voters' fears about rising crime and migration, leading the country to its sharpest turn to the right since the end of military dictatorship in 1990, writes Reuters.com.
José Antonio Kast, photo by Marcelo Hernandez / Getty Images
Kast secured a confident victory with 58% of the votes in the second round over leftist candidate Jeanette Jara, who garnered 42% and conceded defeat.
Throughout his political career, Kast has remained a consistent right-wing hardliner. He proposed building border walls, deploying the military in high-crime areas, and deporting all migrants residing illegally in the country.
In a victory speech, he waved Chilean flags before a crowd near the headquarters of his Republican Party in the affluent Las Condes district of Santiago on Sunday evening. Kast promised "real change."
"Without security, there is no peace. Without peace, there is no democracy, and without democracy, there is no freedom, and Chile will once again be free from crime, anxiety, and fear," he said.
However, Kast also acknowledged the difficulty of the path ahead, stating that "there are no magic solutions" and that change would require persistence and time.
His victory marks another success for revitalized right-wing forces in Latin America: Daniel Noboa in Ecuador, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, and Javier Milei in Argentina have previously come to power. In October, the election of centrist politician Rodrigo Paz ended nearly two decades of socialist rule in Bolivia.
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