Tag: Jose Antonio Kast

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  “Chile Day” in UK, British ministers and president Piñera will be attending

  

  Wednesday and Thursday, December first and second, are “Chile Day” in UK, Corporation CEOs, investors, financial institutions, politicians, officials, country experts, diplomats, journalists get together for an annual two-day event with the purpose of promoting the Chilean brand, business opportunities, tourism and export goods.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 18:24 UTC

  Chile: Piñera appoints new Health Undersecretary

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Monday appointed surgeon María Teresa Valenzuela to take over from pediatrician Paula Daza as Health Undersecretary. Daza turned in her resignation Sunday after announcing she was joining far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in his quest against leftist Gabriel Boric at the Dec. 19 presidential runoff.

• Monday, November 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Pinochet's political heir not likely to win presidential runoff in Chile

  

  Chilean far-left presidential hopeful Gabriel Boric from the coalition between the Broad Front and the Communist Party would easily beat his far-right opponent José Antonio Kast in the Dec. 19 presidential runoff by 53.9% of the votes against 31.2%, according to a Pulso Ciudadano survey released Sunday.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  Kast with better chances in the December 19 runoff, political analyst

  

  Chilean political analyst Manuel Rodríguez Uribe estimates that the presidential runoff will be a different election to last Sunday's, under a different context but in a much more polarized environment, with conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast holding better political support than his left-wing contender Gabriel Boric, currently a member of congress' Lower House in the representation of the extreme south region of Magallanes.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  The main “political party” of Chile's presidential election: 50% + abstention

  

  Although long queues at voting places and the delay suffered by many voters gave the impression that last Sunday's election in Chile had triggered a massive attendance, later in the day the Electoral Service figures showed exactly the contrary, just over 7 million Chileans bothered to go and vote for the next Chilean president.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Chile's first transgender Deputy-elect says LGBT community afraid of Kast

  

  Emilia Schneider Sunday became Chile's first-ever transgender person elected to the national Congress. At age 25, she admitted the LGTBI community was afraid of what may happen if far-right candidate José Antonio Kast wins Dec. 19's presidential runoff.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 23:05 UTC

  Kast is very much anti-Argentine, says ambassador

  

  Argentina's Ambassador in Santiago, Rafael Bielsa, said right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast, who finished first in Sunday's elections was an anti-Argentine Pinochetist “that dares speak its name” and likened him to former US President Donald Trump and current Brazilian head of state Jair Bolsonaro.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 23:15 UTC

  Far-right candidate takes all the flak at last TV debate among Chilean presidential hopefuls

  

  Far-right candidate José Antonio Kast took most of the criticism Monday evening during the last TV debate featuring five of the six presidential candidates to take part in next Sunday's elections.

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Chilean conservative candidate leads in polls for presidential November 14 dispute

  

  On Friday public opinion pollster Cadem released its latest survey of vote intention for the highly contested Chilean November 14 presidential election with conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast leading with 25% followed by a young radical, with no government experience, Gabriel Boric, with 19%, who is also under quarantine for having tested positive to coronavirus.

• Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 13:05 UTC

  Chilean Senate debates whether to make voting mandatory ahead of November election

  

  The Chilean Senate is debating a bill whether to make voting in national elections mandatory, a highly controversial issue since lawmakers of the ruling coalition are against the initiative while the opposition insists in approving it to increase the participation percentage.