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This rightward shift does not appear to be just another relatively minor cyclical or short-lived pendular swing in the region’s politics.
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Kast, 59, easily beat leftist presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, winning 58% of the vote and steering the South American country toward its sharpest rightward shift since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990.
—Fabian Cambero, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Chile’s rightward turn follows a similar shift in neighboring Argentina, which elected libertarian firebrand Javier Milei on a platform of radical economic reform and political disruption.
—Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Santiago, Chile Reuters — Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship in 1990.
—Reuters 31 Min Ago, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
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Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Kast, 59, easily beat leftist presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, winning 58% of the vote and steering the South American country toward its sharpest rightward shift since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990.
—Fabian Cambero, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Chile’s rightward turn follows a similar shift in neighboring Argentina, which elected libertarian firebrand Javier Milei on a platform of radical economic reform and political disruption.
—Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Santiago, Chile Reuters — Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship in 1990.
—Reuters 31 Min Ago, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Rightward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rightward. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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rightward
adjective or adverb
right·ward
ˈrīt-wərd 
: toward, at, or to the right
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