Dr Will Jones: Right Wins Chile Election on Mass Deportation Platform

The Right has won the Presidential election in Chile, with conservative Jose Antonio Kast defeating his communist rival on a platform of cracking down on crime and deporting hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. The Telegraph has more.

Chile elected its most Right-wing President in 35 years of democracy on Sunday as conservative Jose Antonio Kast defeated his communist rival.

Kast won 58.2% of the vote as Chileans overwhelmingly embraced his pledge to crack down on increased crime, deport hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants and revive the sluggish economy.

Mr Kast, the son of a Nazi party member who fled to Chile after the Second World War, is a divisive figure who has repeatedly defended the bloody dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

The father-of-nine defeated communist candidate Jeannette Jara, who took 41.8% of the vote.

She called Kast to concede the election and congratulate him on his successful campaign after his lead became irreversible.

Mr Kast’s supporters erupted into cheers in the street, shouting his name and honking horns, some wore red caps with ‘Make Chile Great Again’ written on it.

The victory is the latest win for the resurgent Right in Latin America, following Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei. In Bolivia, centrist Rodrigo Paz was elected in October, ending almost two decades of socialist rule.

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Dr. Will Jones is Editor of the Daily Sceptic. He has a PhD in political philosophy, an MA in ethics, a BSc in mathematics and a diploma in theology. This article was first published HERE