Tag: Jose Antonio Kast

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 02:11 UTC

  Chile's new government freezes migrant legalization, eyes deportations

  

  President José Antonio Kast's government has suspended a decree drafted by the previous administration of Gabriel Boric that would have regularized some 182,000 people who entered Chile irregularly and voluntarily registered with immigration authorities.

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• Sunday, March 29th 2026 - 22:04 UTC

  Sharp fuel price hike in Chile triggers first protests against Kast government

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast's government faced its first street protests since taking office on March 11 this week, after a historic fuel price increase hit consumers and rapidly eroded public support for the far-right leader.

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• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 21:33 UTC

  Chile withdraws support for Bachelet's candidacy for UN Secretary General

  

  The government of José Antonio Kast on Tuesday withdrew Chile's backing for former President Michelle Bachelet's bid to lead the United Nations, deeming her candidacy “unviable” in the current context.

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• Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 03:49 UTC

  Chile: Kast announces “difficult decisions” and rules out populist responses to oil crisis

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast said he found the country “worse than he imagined” and warned his government will take unpopular adjustment measures, in an interview published on Saturday by the newspaper La Tercera, the first he has given since taking office on March 11.

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• Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 00:50 UTC

  UK reaffirms longstanding relation with Chile and continued partnership for the future

  

  The United Kingdom reaffirmed its intention to deepen its relationship with Chile across trade, critical minerals, energy, shipbuilding and scientific cooperation, according to a statement released by the UK Foreign Office following the inauguration of President José Antonio Kast in Santiago.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 23:24 UTC

  Kast launches border barriers in northern Chile and hardens migration agenda

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast on Monday launched the border control works he had promised during the campaign, starting in Chacalluta in the Arica and Parinacota region, in an early sign that migration and security will be among the defining priorities of his administration. According to Chile’s presidency, Kast inspected the works at the frontier and highlighted the Army’s deployment to secure the area.

• Thursday, March 12th 2026 - 10:45 UTC

  Chile's new era with Kast in power

  

  Chile entered a new political phase on Wednesday with the inauguration of José Antonio Kast, the most conservative figure to reach La Moneda since the return to democracy. Kast was sworn in at Congress in Valparaíso and then moved to the presidential palace, where he defended the idea of an “emergency government” and said he was receiving “a country in worse conditions than we could have imagined.”

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 20:19 UTC

  Chile: José Antonio Kast sworn in as president in conservative shift after Boric

  

  José Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile’s president on Wednesday in a ceremony at the National Congress in Valparaíso, in a transfer of power that confirmed the country’s sharpest shift to the right since the return to democracy in 1990. Senate President Paulina Núñez administered the oath and placed the presidential sash on him, formalizing the handover from Gabriel Boric.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 04:15 UTC

  Boric leaves office defending his record and acknowledging mistakes

  

  In his final national address before handing the presidential sash to José Antonio Kast on Wednesday, Chilean President Gabriel Boric defended his government’s record, highlighted progress in security, pensions and healthcare, and accepted political responsibility for two of the most damaging episodes of the final stretch of his administration: the handling of the Monsalve case and the failed purchase of former President Salvador Allende’s house.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 04:03 UTC

  Chile: Kast arrives at La Moneda with a 90-day plan focused on security, fiscal cuts and migration

  

  José Antonio Kast will be sworn in as Chile’s president on Wednesday with a pledge to lead an “emergency government” focused on security, the economy and migration control, as he seeks to turn his electoral mandate into early, visible action. His team has drafted a first 90-day roadmap combining administrative measures, regulatory changes and an initial batch of bills meant to show movement from the outset.