Chile votes in presidential race expected to steer country to the right

Chile votes in presidential race expected to steer country to the right
Current Affairs 14 December 2025

Chileans will vote in a runoff presidential election on Sunday that is likely mark the sharpest rightward shift of the South American country since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990. As almost 16 million citizens prepare to cast their ballots, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast say the candidate whose radical views lost him the past two elections is now almost certain to become Chile’s next leader. 

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