Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast and leftist leader Jeannette Jara have made combatting crime key to their agendas.

Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast and leftist leader Jeannette Jara have made combatting crime key to their agendas.

Chileans will vote for a new president, with far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast leading against leftist rival Jeannette Jara.

Ultraconservative candidate José Antonio Kast is the front-runner in Sunday's runoff presidential election, where he faces Communist candidate Jeannette Jara, a former minister…

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Chileans gear up to cast their ballots in run-off election, with far-right candidate Jose Kast gaining ground in polls.

Chileans head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election in which the son of a Nazi party member, who has pledged to build a border wall to keep migrants out of the…

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

Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile's presidential runoff, promising a tough stance on immigration and crime as Jeannette Jara concedes.

The son of a Nazi party member and an admirer of Pinochet, Kast built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants

Many believe Kast will be the most right-wing president since Augusto Pinochet, who oversaw a 17-year dictatorship in Chile from 1973.

José Antonio Kast, the president-elect, has pledged to tackle insecurity, irregular immigration and economic hardship, while avoiding references to the dictatorship and his…

Chile has become the latest country in the region to elect a right-wing president.