US EditionThe Migration Crisis Marks the Final Stretch of the Chilean Presidential Between Kast and Jara
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Migrants already account for 10% of Chile’s population, with nearly 1.9 million, 46.8% more than five years ago. Of these, some 336,000 are in an irregular situation, an issue that has been present throughout the presidential campaign, but that in the discount for the second round between Republican José Antonio Kast and leftist Jeannette Jara, on December 14, has gained a greater weight.
This Monday the government of President Gabriel Boric went out to defend itself against the criticisms of the presidential candidates of the ruling party, Jeannette Jara (PC), and of the opposition, José Antonio Kast (Republican Party) for their management of the migratory situation in the north, after the military deployment that Peru implemented on its border with Chile.In this context, the minister general secretary of government, Camila Vall…
José Antonio Kast, the favorite archconservator to become the next president of Chile, wants to go back the last decade of his country.One of the safest and most prosperous nations in Latin America, Chile has been shaken in the last 10 years by an unprecedented wave of organized crime, anti-government protests, a sharp rise in immigration and an economic slowdown. “Everything that was the Chilean economic miracle began to crumble,” Kast told the…
The presidential elections in the South American country of Chile have produced some surprises. In the second round, on December 14th, the two best-placed candidates will face off, and voters will decide who will become president. Jeannette Jara, a communist former minister and candidate of the left-wing and center-left coalition, had to settle for 26.85 percent. Her main opponent, the right-wing José Antonio Kast (of the Republicans), obtained …
The first round of the Chilean presidential elections, as well as the parliamentary elections, which took place on 16 November, confirm the displacement of the Andean electorate towards the far right – candidate José Antonio Kast asserting himself as leader of the right bloc – in a regional context marked by the expansion of reactionary forces. From the magazine Contretemps 24 November 2025 By Karina Nohales and Pablo Abufom Silva Karina Nohales…
In a new chapter of Political Analysis, Rodrigo Bravo addressed the migration situation on the border with Peru and criticism by presidential candidates Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast.
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