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JOSE ANTONIO KAST

Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast attends a mass at the metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago on Thursday, a day after he was sworn in as the country's new leader.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 13, 2026
Chile¡¯s new president charts conservative path in first speech
Shortly after taking office, Jose?Antonio Kast moved to ramp up border security, audit spending and cut red tape, before reiterating his plans for an ¡°emergency government.¡±
Chile's new president, Jose Antonio Kast, and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola wave to supporters from the balcony of La Moneda Palace in Santiago on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
Chile¡¯s new president to signal swift alignment with Trump
Jose?Antonio Kast, 60, was sworn in on Wednesday and plans to quickly sign broad agreements with the U.S. to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.
A police officer watches prisoners during a visit by El Salvador¡¯s minister of justice and public security, Gustavo Villatoro, and Chile¡¯s president-elect, Jose Antonio Kast (not pictured), to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2026
Chile President-elect Kast visits Bukele¡¯s mega-prison to spotlight security plans
Kast is an ultraconservative who wants to eradicate irregular migration and organized crime in one of Latin America¡¯s richest nations.
Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast waves during the presentation of his cabinet at the office of the president-elect, in Las Condes, Santiago, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
Chile rights groups slam cabinet picks featuring Pinochet-era figures
Jose Antonio Kast, 60, will be sworn in on March 11 as the first far-right head of state in Chile since the exit of late dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast presents the members of his Cabinet in Santiago on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Chile president picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers of human rights and defense
Jose Antonio Kast will be sworn in on March 11 as the first far-right leader of Chile since the exit of dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose regime left deep scars on the nation.
Chilean President-elect Jose?Antonio Kast will inherit a crisis as raging wildfires left at least 19 people dead and hundreds homeless.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2026
Chile¡¯s incoming president inherits crisis as raging wildfires kill 19
Blazes continue to burn in the center-south regions of Biobio and Nuble, charring neighborhoods and forcing more than 50,000 people to evacuate.
Then-Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei of the La Libertad Avanza party addresses a campaign rally in Buenos Aires in September 2023. He went on to win the election.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2026
The year of the right is looming in Latin America
If 2025 marked the reemergence of Latin America¡¯s right, then 2026 is likely to cement it.
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast (right) and his wife, Maria Pia Adriasola, celebrate the results of the presidential runoff election that he won in Santiago on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2025
Kast wins Chile¡¯s presidency, deepening regional shift to law-and-order politics
Jose Antonio Kast, a consistent right-wing hard-liner, leveraged on voter fears over rising crime and migration to secure 58% of the vote in a runoff.

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