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José Antonio Kast

President Isaac Herzog (right) with Chile’s President José Antonio Kast, May 8, 2026. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)
May 8, 2026, 9:47 pm
Chile to return ambassador to Israel after more than two years
Right-wing president José Antonio Kast tells visiting Herzog he wants to restore ties, expand cooperation after sharp deterioration of diplomacy under leftist predecessor
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
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
Supporters of presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the Republican Party, attend a rally ahead of the presidential runoff election in Temuco, Chile, December 11, 2025. (AP/Esteban Felix)
December 12, 2025, 3:24 pm
Chileans polarized ahead of presidential election as far-right candidate poised to prevail
José Antonio Kast, son of a Nazi party member, is frontrunner in fierce campaign against communist Jeannette Jara, an outspoken critic of Trump, Maduro, and Israel’s war in Gaza
By Isabel Debre
Presidential candidate Gabriel Boric, of the "I approve Dignity" coalition, waves to supporters at a polling station during the presidential run-off election in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Andres Poblete)
December 20, 2021, 2:26 am
35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric beats far-right opponent in Chile election
Breaking with polarizing rhetoric of campaign, José Antonio Kast, who was was dogged by revelations his German-born father was a Nazi, concedes defeat in presidential vote
By Patricia Luna and Joshua Goodman
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