When Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president of Chile in 2022, his victory was heralded by supporters as the beginning of a new era in the country’s political history. The leftist leader, only 36 at ...

Chilean far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast won the presidential election on Sunday by tapping into public concerns over crime and the economy and pledging to form an “emergency government” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A supporter holds a portrait of José Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the opposition Republican Party, after results show ...

Chile’s newest political history will be shaped by José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party, and the country’s latest dramatic shift to the right after a second round, and likely final round, of ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Two candidates with drastically different ideologies, priorities and diagnoses for the future will come head to head in a presidential runoff next month, after winning the most votes ...

SANTIAGO – Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to steer the country in its sharpest rightward shift since the end of ...

A new chapter begins for Chilean politics. After winning the runoff election against candidate Jeannette Jara by 58% to 41%, President-elect José Antonio Kast represents another milestone in the ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans voted for a new president and parliament on Sunday in a contest expected to favor the hard right as candidates play on popular fears over organized crime and ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — As Chileans voted on Sunday, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast said the candidate whose radical ideas lost him the past two elections was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Gabriel Boric was sworn in as president of Chile in 2022, his victory was heralded by supporters as the beginning of a new ...