Out with the gender perspective: Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele are leading the extreme right’s latest crusade in Latin America
The region’s far-right leaders are waging a battle against the gains made by the feminist movement
Chile’s 2023 constitutional referendum: Where the political parties stand
The South American country’s political actors have all staked their positions on the new constitutional text, causing some internal divisions within the parties
Keys to understanding the new draft of Chile’s Constitution: From the welfare state to the polls
A national referendum will be held on Dec. 17 to either approve or reject the document. This is Chile’s second attempt to put an end to the Constitution of 1980, which came into effect during Pinochet’s dictatorship
Data | The female vote stems the tide of the far right in Europe and Latin America
Surveys from the most recent elections in Argentina, Poland, Brazil and Spain confirm that women vote less for extreme parties, as noted by many academic studies
Jaime Bellolio, former Chilean minister: ‘The Republican voters never wanted the constitutional process in the first place’
The leader of the Independent Democratic Union, a major conservative political party in Chile, analyzes the relationship between his bloc, the traditional right and the far-right Republican Party led by José Antonio Kast
José Antonio Kast, the far-right Catholic who is winning over Chile
The 57-year-old lawyer with nine children leads the Republican Party, which on Sunday became Chile’s leading political force. Critical of same-sex marriage and abortion, in 2007 he tried to ban the emergency contraceptive pill
Explaining the rise of the far-right Republican Party in Chile
The right-wing formation led by José Antonio Kast garnered the highest number votes, since the country’s return to democracy in 1990 with 35%, turning the political chessboard around
Chile’s far-right becomes main political force following Constitutional Council elections
José Antonio Kast’s Republican Party will have the final say on a new Constitution after securing a rightist majority on the 50-seat body. Gabriel Boric’s left did not achieve enough support to gain power of veto
The second front in Chile’s elections: will the far right defeat the traditional right?
The opposition to President Gabriel Boric is waging its own battle for hegemony: the Chile Vamos bloc, led by a new generation, is facing the extremist Republican Party