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Chile Elects Right-Wing President

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Rising gang violence and immigration concerns drove Chilean voters to elect the right-wing candidate. - Start a free trial today for full access.
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The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, was alarmed after the triumph of José Antonio Kast, who since Sunday December 14 is the new president elected in Chile for the period 2026-2030. “The winds of death come from the south and the north,” he wrote, accompanied by a map of South America. Through his X account and quoting a post by the Argentine president Javier Milei, the Colombian leader of the Historical Pact party (left) wrote: “The winds of…

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Chileans vote in a second round to elect the country’s top leader with a far-right candidate, José Antonio Kast

Winds of the South

The defeat of the left in the second round of the elections in Chile has been overwhelming. José Antonio Kast, candidate of the Republican Party, clearly located on the right, has triumphed with an advantage of about 18 percentage points over its contender, the Communist Party militant and postulant for the Unity coalition for Chile, Jeannette Jara. Such a distance in a ballotage is unusual; particularly if the defeated candidate had been the mo…

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro (Colombia Humana, left) reacted to the victory of José Antonio Kast (Republican Party, right) in the Chilean presidential elections, lamenting that the people "choose their Pinochet," referring to the dictator who ruled the South American country from 1973 to 1990. In a social media post, he declared: "I will never shake hands with a Nazi, nor with a Nazi's son." In his X message, Petro disagreed with a text pub…

President Gustavo Petro warned this Sunday, December 14 about threats that arrive from the south and north of the continent, after the victory of José Antonio Kast in the presidential elections of Chile was known. “The winds of death are coming from the south and the north. Atenti Grancolombianos, come for us and we must resist with the sword of Bolivar in high and pass of victors,” wrote the president in his X account. In the south and the nort…

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UOL broke the news in Brazil on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
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