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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
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
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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
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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
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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
