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Far-right José Antonio Kast sworn in as president of Chile : Peoples Dispatch
Kast faces a complex challenge ahead: he has promised to align the government with the Trump administration, but China is Chile's main trading partner. Furthermore, he does not have a secure parliamentary majority, so his government will have to be one of compromise.
The first measurement of public opinion after the change of command shows a scenario of strong initial support for the new Executive, although it also shows a higher level of rejection than observed since 2010 in other presidents when starting their administrations.
The study also shows that 58% agree that Chile needs an "emergency government," and that the priorities for citizens are "security, crime and drug trafficking" (61%).
According to the Pulso Ciudadano Survey, conducted jointly with Activa Research, President José Antonio Kast, who officially took office on Wednesday, March 11, debuted in his first days as president with 47.5% approval, while he recorded a disapproval of 26.3%. “26.2% do not know how to evaluate.” In the same period, former president Gabriel Boric debuted with an approval of 46.5%, a disapproval of 26.1% and 27.4% did not know how to evaluate i…
In Chile, after his inauguration on Wednesday, the new president José Antonio Kast officially moved to the presidential palace of La Moneda to work there and also to live there. This had not happened in 68 years.
Last week, Chile's new president was sworn in. He is in the tradition of the Pinochet dictatorship. Hundreds of thousands protested against the withdrawal of women's rights even before his inauguration. In December 2025, the 59-year-old German-born legal scientist José Antonio Kast won the presidential election in Chile. In the run-off election, he won 58 percent of the votes against left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara. Last Wednesday, he took ov…
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