Leftist leaders have not won a single presidential election in Latin America this year as voters opt for change.

Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Chileans have elected the most right-wing presidential candidate since the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship over three and a half decades ago.

Kast has also been a keen admirer of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which was rife with human rights abuses ...

Chile delivered its sharpest political shift in decades as José Antonio Kast, a hard-right former lawmaker who campaigned on restoring public order and tightening the country’s borders, won the ...

Kast easily beat leftist presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, steering the country its farthest rightward since the military dictatorship ended.

The populist, right-wing candidate in Chile won the presidency over his left-wing communist opponent by a healthy margin on Sunday, ...

His election represents the latest in a string that have turfed out incumbents across Latin America, vaulting the right wing ...

José Antonio Kast, a far-right politician, who has praised Chile's dictatorship, has won the presidency, signaling a sharp rightward shift fueled by fears over crime, migration, and the economy.

Chile elected its most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, with arch-conservative Jose Antonio Kast ...

Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to ...