Chile elects most right-wing leader since Pinochet – in line with regional drift, domestic tendency to punish incumbents
- Written by Andra B. Chastain, Associate Professor of History, Washington State University
A supporter holds a portrait of José Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the opposition Republican Party, after results show him leading in the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile.
AP Photo / Matias DelacroixChileans have elected the most right-wing presidential candidate since the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship...