Tag: Jose Antonio Kast

• Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

  Chilean elections anticipate a shift to the right and a Conservative president

  

  The two leading candidates in the Chilean presidential election, Jeanette Jara and Jose Antonio Kast, scheduled in three weeks-time November 16, have undergone significant falls in their vote intention according to an opinion poll from LatAm Pulse.

• Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

  Strong conservative comeback seems certain in Chile’s November presidential election

  

  With less than a month and a half to Chile’s presidential election, public opinion polls are indicating that the incumbent candidate of the ruling left wing coalition, Jeantnette Jara is leading, but with only 27% of vote intention. However the main opposition hopeful, Jose Antonio Kast from the Conservative Party is very close with 25% vote intention.

• Sunday, April 28th 2024 - 13:37 UTC

  Chile in mourning after murder of 3 Carabineros officers

  

  Three non-commissioned officers of Chile's Carabineros Police were killed early Saturday in an ambush in the town of Cañete, near the city of Concepción, in the Bío Bío region some 500 kilometers south of Santiago. The crime, which is still under investigation, shocked the entire country. President Gabriel Boric Font promised it would not go unpunished and other officials even called for the reinstatement of the death penalty.

• Monday, November 13th 2023 - 14:03 UTC

  Chilean president has 59% disapproval; polls show 42% do not support new constitution

  

  The assessment of Chilean president Gabriel Boric' performance as registered by pollster Cadem shows that support for the head of state, following several weeks of stabilization, has again fallen four points and now stands at 33%.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:54 UTC

  The Battle for Boric's Soul

  

  By Jorge Castañeda - Chile has long been something of a bellwether in Latin America. So, when Chilean voters elected the left-wing Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student leader, as president on Sunday, the rest of Latin America wanted to know: What does this mean for Chile – and for us?

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  The right enemy a major asset in politics

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – The right enemy can be a major asset in politics, as Chilean voters have just demonstrated once again. All the opinion polls had the two presidential candidates neck and neck before the election, but a few days before the runoff vote it came out that the father of far-right candidate José Antonio Kast was a Nazi.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 12:55 UTC

  Boric wins runoff to become Chile's youngest ever President

  

  Leftwing Deputy Gabriel Boric (35) beat first-round frontrunner Conservative José Antonio Kast in Sunday's presidential runoff to become Chile's youngest-ever head of state. After more than 90% of the votes were counted, Boric led by 56% against Kast's 44%.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 21:10 UTC

  Former Chilean President Bachelet announces she will vote for Boric

  

  Former Chile President and current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Wednesday admitted she would support leftwing candidate Gabriel Boric for the Dec. 19 presidential runoff against far-right candidate José Antonio Kast.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Kast closes in on Boric ahead of Chile's presidential runoff

  

  A new survey has shown Conservative candidate José Antonio Kast has narrowed the gap between him and his leftwing opponent Gabriel Boric, who according to most polls, is expected to win the Dec. 19 presidential runoff in Chile.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Kast now vows to defend women's rights if elected President of Chile

  

  Chile's far-right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast Friday apologized for previous mistakes and vowed not to terminate the Women's Ministry if he is elected on December 19.