US EditionCrime Wave Propels Hard-Right Candidate Toward Chilean Presidency
- Jose Antonio Kast has gained support for the presidency due to concerns over immigration and violent crime, as he approaches Chile's presidential palace.
- Polls indicate that a majority of Chileans view crime as the country's most serious issue.
- Hassel Barrientos Hermosilla noted that high-profile crimes rarely target Chileans, according to reports.
- Fear of crime has escalated faster than the actual crime rate.
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Santiago, Chile. The anxiety generated by immigration and violent crimes in Chile has led José Antonio Kast to the doors of the presidential palace.Sunday is expected to be elected as the first extreme right-wing leader since the departure of dictator Augusto Pinochet 35 years ago.In a neighborhood in downtown Santiago, dozens of hooded and armed police suddenly burst from a caravan of 15 vehicles without identification.Bang, bang, bang!They beg…
Thirty-seven years after the plebiscite that put an end to Pinochet's dictatorship, Chile faces the possibility of José Antonio Kast, the political heir of the military regime, coming to power with a speech that claims to pinochetism and promises a hard hand in security and migration.
On December 14, unless surprised, extreme right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast will become Chile's next president. This was unthinkable in 2016, when Kast was responsible for a split within the Independent Democratic Union (IDU), the most right-wing formation of the coalition that governed the country during the two terms of Sebastián Piñera. At the time, Kast's adventure seemed doomed to failure.
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