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José Antonio Kast is elected to become the 38th President of Chile
José Antonio Kast is elected to become the 38th President of Chile 
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Election results | Election map | Kast's large family; having 9 kids with his wife María, which comes from his Catholic faith |
Kast's victory will turn one of the most important nations of Latin America to become a strong right-wing ally of the United States under Trump and Argentina under Millei after the loss of Brazil from Bolsonaro to Lula. The crisis-torn country of Venezuela under its socialist president Nicolas Maduro would find itself in a more stickier situation with the United States threatening war and tensing conflicts with Chile if Kast commits to crack down on Venezuelan migrants. If Kast manages to improve the livelihoods of Chileans in the nation, as Kast's presidency can be seen as bringing back what worked from President and dictator Augusto Pinochet's leadership, there could be self-reflections by the Chilean populace on Pinochet's legacy that he wasn't as bad that his left-wing "communist" opponents painted him as.
First round
The Republic of Chile is having its presidential election right now, and polls heavily predict that the winner and the next President would be a right-wing populist figure with connections to the Pinochet regime. The first round in the presidential election has been over, with candidates from the right-wing parties together winning over 70% of the vote in the country. In addition, right-wing parties won 56.04% of seats in the Congress' Chamber of Deputies with no net change in seats in the Senate.
| Candidate | Party | Spectrum Affiliation | Votes | % | Total % by Spectrum Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeannette Jara | Communist Party (UPCh) | Left-wing | 3,476,615 | 26.85 | 28.71 |
| José Antonio Kast | Republican Party (CPCh) | Right-wing (Pinochet) | 3,097,717 | 23.92 | 70.03 |
| Franco Parisi | Party of the People | Right-wing | 2,552,649 | 19.71 | 70.03 |
| Johannes Kaiser | National Libertarian Party (CPCh) | Right-wing (Pinochet) | 1,804,773 | 13.94 | 70.03 |
| Evelyn Matthei | Independent Democratic Union (ChGU) | Right-wing | 1,613,797 | 12.46 | 70.03 |
| Harold Mayne-Nicholls | Independent | Centrist | 163,273 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| Marco Enríquez-Ominami | Independent | Left-wing | 154,850 | 1.20 | 28.71 |
| Eduardo Artés | Independent (PC-AP) | Left-wing (Marxist-Leninist) | 86,041 | 0.66 | 28.71 |
What happened?
In 2021, Chile has elected democratic socialist Gabriel Boric as President of Chile following mass protests under the unpopular right-wing president Sebastián Piñera (who later died in a helicopter crash). Where Piñera came from a long line of establishment politicians, Chileans saw Boric as anti-establishment and a breath of fresh air.Over his presidency, Boric's approval rating collapsed immediately within eight months, going from 50% approval at the start of his presidency to a consistent 25-30% approval rating, with his disapproval rating skyrocketing immediately from 20% to 60-65%.
Factors of Boric's unpopularity include:
- Increasingly worsening criminal violence with the rise of violence gangs, which is caused by mass illegal immigration from crisis-torn Venezuela
- Failure to improve public government services, such as education and healthcare
- Deterioration of Chile's economy
- Humiliated by voters when they rejected a progressive Constitution in favor of preserving Pinochet's Constitution for Chile in a referendum
- A rape scandal involving Boric's former Interior Undersecretary Manuel Monsalve, who resigned days after the case against him was filed
Candidates of the Second Round
Mi general.
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Note
- The most prominent Chilean kiwi I know in the Farms is @Prophetic Spirit, so if you have questions of what is happening in the country's political atmosphere, ask him. Sorry for putting you in the spotlight Spirit...
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