The ultraconservative lawyer, José Antonio Kast, is in pole place to change into Chile’s subsequent chief after advancing to the second spherical of the South American nation’s presidential election the place he’ll face the Communist get together candidate Jeannette Jara.
With greater than 70% of votes counted, Kast had secured about 24% of the vote in Sunday’s first round vote, having campaigned on hard-line guarantees to crack down on crime and immigration, whereas making a Donald Trump-style pledge to “put Chileans first”.
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