Who is Chile's Hard Right New President?

Chile elects its most hard-right president in decades. From Pinochet ties to crime fears and compulsory voting, explore who José Antonio Kast is—and why Chile’s politics just shifted dramatically. Sources: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10880 https://boz.substack.com/p/chile-notes-on-kasts-election-december?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3655&post_id=181691017&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1if49o&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email https://www.sciencespo.fr/opalc/node/920.html https://www.npr.org/2025/12/13/nx-s1-5643538/chile-election-kast-jara https://theconversation.com/chile-elects-most-right-wing-leader-since-pinochet-in-line-with-regional-drift-domestic-tendency-to-punish-incumbents-272042 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/15/jose-antonio-kast-wins-election-chile-president https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/14/far-right-candidate-jose-antonio-kast-wins-chiles-presidential-election https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-votes-presidential-race-expected-lurch-country-right-2025-12-14/ https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/reaction-what-jose-antonio-kasts-victory-means-for-chile/ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/16/conservatives-victory-in-chile-suggests-a-hard-right-pro-trump-surge-00692370 https://latinoamerica21.com/en/chilean-presidential-runoff-history-repeat-or-reinvent/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/chile-mandatory-vote-aids-conservative-but-risks-creating-upset?leadSource=reddit_wall https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/opinion/chile-election-kast-pinochet.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/12/16/the-victorious-chilean-far-right-s-duties_6748552_23.html

Fronts Staff • December 18, 2025