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Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate for the Republican Party, arrives to vote during the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025. (AP/Matias Delacroix)
December 15, 2025, 6:34 am
Chile’s far-right Kast wins landslide election against communist opponent
President-elect, son of a Nazi party member, is latest right-wing leader to ascend to office in Latin America; rival Jara was outspoken critic of Israel
By AFP and ToI Staff
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party, waves to supporters after early results in the general elections in Santiago, Chile, November 16, 2025. (AP Photo/ Esteban Felix)
November 17, 2025, 9:47 pm
Hard-right former lawmaker Kast leads in Chile’s polarizing presidential runoff
Nearly 70% of votes go to right-wing candidates in first round, but neither main contender receives over 50%, so second round of voting to be held on Dec. 14
By Isabel Debre
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party waves a flag during a campaign rally ahead of general elections, in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
November 16, 2025, 8:46 am
Chilean far right looms large in election dominated by crime, threats of deportations
Chileans blame violence on gangs from other Latin American countries; projected winner, the son of a Nazi officer, has praised Pinochet and would be 1st far-right leader since dictator
By AFP
This file photo taken on August 12, 1997, in Chile shows Hartmut Hopp, a German doctor and deputy leader of Chile's secretive "Colonia Dignidad" enclave, after being arrested by Chilean police on charges of complicity in the rape of young boys in the Andean colony. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
September 26, 2018, 3:07 am
German court rules against jailing doctor from Nazi pedophile sect
Hartmut Hopp, 74, of the notorious ‘Colonia Dignidad’ sect in Chile, won’t face imprisonment after evidence falls short of judicial standards
By AFP
In this September 21, 2016 file photo, then Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
September 4, 2018, 9:31 am
New UN human rights chief has survived torture herself
As Michelle Bachelet enters key role, human rights groups criticize her record as Chilean president, saying she afforded privileges to dictatorship-era criminals
By EVA VERGARA
An officer stands by a large arms cache found by Chilean authorities at the commune-like Colonia Dignidad, or Dignity Colony, is displayed in Parral, Chile, some 410 kilometers (255 miles) south of Santiago, Wednesday, June, 15, 2005. (AP Photo)
April 25, 2018, 2:31 am
German investigators in Chile over Nazi pedophile sect, as leader remains free
Talks held in ongoing investigation into Colonia Dignidad, a notorious group founded by German immigrants in the 1960s
By AFP
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