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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast secured a stunning victory in the presidential election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the center-left governing coalition and setting the stage for the country’s most right-wing government in 35 years of democracy.
Add context: Under former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime (1973-1990) many were tortured ( ca. 10 K) and killed (ca. 3/4 K)
Why do I get the stinking suspicion billionaires had a hand in this
Maybe beacuse this new President Kast, is from a rich family. Or maybe because his father was a Wehrmacht officer and member of the NSDAP? Maybe beacuse Rubio was quick to congratulate him. Take your pick.
Add. Most newspapers call him " ultra right".
Probably because they seem to be globally thumbing the scales, and it’s not the first time wealthy conservatives conspired to do so. Not even the first time in Chile
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2025-12-04/covert-action-chile-significance-church-committee-report-50
Because it’s easier to see one scary boogie man we can blame than lots of little problems that add up, and that no one seems intent on solving.
I’ve no doubt that there are malicious foreign (or even domestic) actors of notable material wealth, but it’s hardly the only cause for such things.