Tag: Jose Antonio Kast

• Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

  Kast's win marks return of rightwing gov't to Chile

  

  Rightwing candidate José Antonio Kast has been elected the next President of Chile, securing an overwhelming victory in Sunday's runoff with nearly 59% of the vote against the Communist Jeannete Jara's leftwing coalition's 41%.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Coincidences and differences noted in Chile's last debate before runoff

  

  The last presidential debate ahead of Sunday's runoff in Chile between the far-left candidate Jeanette Jara and the ultraconservative José Antonio left mixed feelings Tuesday evening in Santiago as the country prepares for a continuation of Gabriel Boric Font's policies or a sharp U-turn.

• 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.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 22:11 UTC

  Irregular migrants flocking from Chile to Peru out of fear of Kast

  

  Peruvian President José Jerí convened an “extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to declare, as announced, a state of emergency” along the border with Chile as a direct response to a growing influx of undocumented migrants. The measure seeks to dramatically tighten border control and security.

• Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Jara and Kast advance to Chile's presidential runoff

  

  Chile will head to a presidential runoff election on Dec. after leftist candidate Jeannette Jara edged conservative José Antonio Kast to secure the top two spots in Sunday's general election. The winner will succeed Gabriel Boric Font.

• 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.

• 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%.