Chile’s Right Is Gaining Momentum
Polls show conservative candidate José Antonio Kast leading in the November 16 presidential election.
SANTIAGO—With eight months left in office for President Gabriel Boric’s left-wing government, polls indicate that Chile is shifting to the right. Conservative presidential candidate José Antonio Kast is in the lead ahead of the first-round election on November 16, surpassing the other two right-wing hopefuls, Evelyn Matthei and Johannes Kaiser. Polls also show that Kast is favored to win an eventual runoff on December 14. This year's election will be Kast's third, having lost to former President Sebastián Piñera in the first round of the 2017 elections and to Boric in the 2021...
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