Kast's victory is seen as part of a trend of right-wing victories across Latin America, including in Argentina.

José Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election, with experts citing growing Trump influence in Latin America as a key ...

From virtually the moment he and his band of bearded rebels rode into Havana in 1959 until his death from natural causes in 2016, the most iconic leader in Latin America was Fidel Castro. With his ...

Chile needs order — order in the streets, in the state, in the priorities that have been lost,” José Antonio Kast bellowed in ...

José Antonio Kast has promised to reverse Chile’s recent surge in violent crime. He also says he will deport undocumented ...

The new president-elect promises to ‘Make Chile Great Again.’ ...

Voters elected José Antonio Kast, the most right-wing president in 35 years of Chilean democracy, with a thumping 58 percent ...

The leaders of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia have responded in very different ways to the return of the far right to the South ...

The sceptic in me wonders whether, given Trump’s personality and lust for sycophancy, the message could simply be: “Milei, ...

President-elect, son of a Nazi party member, is latest right-wing leader to ascend to office in Latin America; rival Jara was ...

The possible election of presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast may mark the beginning of a significant setback for ...