Chile, presidential election
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Chile needs order — order in the streets, in the state, in the priorities that have been lost,” José Antonio Kast bellowed in a lengthy victory speech.
Chile elects hard-right José Antonio Kast as president, marking sharp political shift with focus on security and immigration reform.
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship in 1990.
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José Antonio Kast, a far-right politician, who has praised Chile's dictatorship, has won the presidency, signaling a sharp rightward shift fueled by fears over crime, migration, and the economy.
Chile has become the first country in Latin America to offer satellite coverage for mobile phones, enabling connectivity in remote and hard-to-reach areas through an agreement with Starlink, the satellite Internet service operated by SpaceX.
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Conservative Kast's victory in Chile suggests a hard-right, pro-Trump surge across Latin America
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
Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win.
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