Kast and Argentinian president Milei on December 16 -- Argentina.gob.ar , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad On 14 December, the predictable happened: José Antonio Kast, the candidate of the far-right Republican Party, prevailed over Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party of Chile by 58.16 percent to 41.84 percent. Kast ran as the candidate of the Cambio por Chile (Change for Chile) platform and was backed by all the parties of the traditional right and the cent

Kast campaigning in October, 2025 -- Equipo Kast, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Atilio A. Borón José A. Kast’s resounding victory in the runoff election is bound to have a profound influence on Chile. A solid, neo-fascist, extreme right-wing force consolidated as a result of the convergence of two radical variants of Pinochetism —one led by Kast and the other, even more extreme, by Johannes Kaiser— to which rushed to join the standard-bearer of a political fiction calle

In a hugely important victory for the left in South America Leftist Gabriel Boric has won the Presidency in Chile today. His far-right...