Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile's presidential election
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Many believe Kast will be the most right-wing president since Augusto Pinochet, who oversaw a 17-year dictatorship from 1973.
Kast, whose father was a Nazi, is a veteran right-wing politician and has pledged crackdowns on crime and migration
SANTIAGO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Chilean peso strengthened against the U.S. dollar on Monday after right-wing hardliner Jose Antonio Kast was elected president in a commanding runoff win against leftist candidate Jeannette Jara.
Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to Donald Trump
Jose Antonio Kast’s presidential victory marks Chile’s most dramatic political shift since the end of military rule in 1990. Winning on his third attempt, the far-right leader rode public anxiety over crime,