But in the first round of the presidential election on November 21st he came second to José Antonio Kast, a far-right candidate, who defends the free-market institutions that have shaped the ...

Chile right-wing presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast pledged to scrap a capital gains tax on some stock sales and spur ...

Lea en españolChile center-right presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei said she’ll aim to create one million new jobs, ...

Chilean presidential candidate José Antonio Kast, of the far-right Partido Republicano, greets supporters as he campaigns in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 2, 2021. Photo: Esteban Felix/AP ...

Republican Party presidential candidate José Antonio Kast gestures to supporters at his campaign headquarters after polls closed and partial results were announced in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 21.

Chilean ultra-conservative Jose Antonio Kast, sometimes likened to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro or former U.S. President Donald Trump, has made a rapid surge in opinion polls and is now the ...

The Kast family is not unknown in Chile. José Antonio is the son of Michael Kast, a Nazi officer who participated in Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s genocidal war against the Soviet Union.

With nearly 97 percent of the vote counted on Sunday, Jose Antonio Kast had 27.94 percent versus 25.75 percent for Gabriel Boric, with a sizeable gap between them and the rest of the field.

Argentina's Ambassador in Santiago, Rafael Bielsa, said right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast, who finished first in Sunday's elections was an anti-Argentine Pinochetist “that dares speak its ...