Tag: Chilean elections 2025

• Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

  Kast meets with Boric before trip to BA for talks with Milei

  

  Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast emerged from his first transition meeting with incumbent President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Palace on Monday, promising that his incoming administration will be a “much broader government” focused on national unity to address priority issues.

• Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

  Chile headed for pivotal runoff elections

  

  Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a high-stakes runoff that pits the governing leftist coalition against the hard-right opposition. The election is highly polarized and will determine the direction of the country amid growing concerns over security, migration, and economic stagnation.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC

  Surveys show Kast ahead in Chilean runoff

  

  Recent polling in Chile's presidential runoff election, scheduled for December 14, indicates that conservative leader José Antonio Kast holds a commanding lead over the governing coalition's candidate, Jeannette Jara.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 23:22 UTC

  No clear winner in Chile's last debate before Nov. 16 presidential elections

  

  The last debate between Chile's eight presidential candidates late on Monday had no clear winner, but there was some sort of consensus regarding a clear loser: Eduardo Artés of the Proletarian Action Communist Party.

• Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 19:52 UTC

  Tohá resigns as Interior Minister to run for Chile's presidency

  

  Carolina Tohá Tuesday turned in her resignation as Chile's Minister of the Interior to focus on her presidential bid, she announced.