In less than three weeks in office, Kast has moved to criminalize migration, raise fuel prices, repeal environmental decrees, and halt the construction of memorial sites commemorating the dictatorship’s atrocities.

Kast faces a complex challenge ahead: he has promised to align the government with the Trump administration, but China is Chile’s main trading partner. Furthermore, he does not have a secure parliamentary majority, so his government will have to be one of compromise.

Authorities have not yet managed to control all the fires. Experts warn that drought, strong winds, aggressive human intervention in nature, and climate change have created a perfect scenario for disaster.

Kast’s agenda will not eliminate unrest but may postpone it for a while, only to sharpen its eventual return to the streets.

As disheartening as this reality may be, it is important to remember that history is not a straight line but a series of changing planes and cycles. The processes of emancipation carry on.

José Antonio Kast, who has promised historic tax cuts and a tougher immigration policy, will be Chile’s next president. Center-left candidate Jeanette Jara has conceded defeat.

Among the candidates most likely to win the first round is leftist Jeannette Jara, though she is closely followed by three candidates from the right and far right with considerable popular support.

The communist militant was elected presidential candidate of the Chilean left-wing coalition. According to the latest polls, she is currently in second place.

The meeting in Beijing was attended by several Latin American presidents who stressed the importance of relations with China in a world moving towards multipolarity.

As Boric prepares for his last months in government, polls seem to favor candidates from the right and extreme right.

None of the BRICS member states signed the final joint communique which talked about respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Many affirmed that there cannot be any serious discussion on peace without Russian participation

The Chilean left reacts to the defeat of the proposed constitution, which could have been even “more Pinochet style than the current one”