Chile’s incoming president, Jose Antonio Kast, toured El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison on Friday, one stop on a weeklong trip focused on showcasing his commitment to beefing up security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/world/politics/chile-kast-bukele-prison-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #joseantoniokast #elsalvador #cecot #us #southamerica #centralamerica #nayibbukele
Chile's right-wing president-elect drew sharp criticism from human rights groups Wednesday for announcing a cabinet that features two lawyers who defended the late dictator Augusto Pinochet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/world/politics/chile-cabinet-picks-pinochet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #augustopinochet #chile #southamerica #joseantoniokast
Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast named two ex-lawyers of former dictator Augusto Pinochet to lead the ministries of defense and human rights when he takes office in March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/world/politics/chile-pinochet-human-rights-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #joseantoniokast #augustopinochet #southamerica
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast will inherit a crisis as raging wildfires left at least 19 people dead and hundreds homeless over the weekend, setting up a lengthy reconstruction process on his watch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/world/politics/chile-president-wildfires-kill-19/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #joseantoniokast #wildfires #southamerica
Latin America’s political mood is moving right as voters punish governments that fail to deliver, but local contexts and individual leaders shape how this trend plays out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/09/world/year-of-the-right-looms-for-latin-america/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #latinamerica #joseantoniokast #javiermilei #nicolasmaduro #donaldtrump #nayibbukele #gustavopetro #luizinacioluladasilva #sebastianpinera #claudiasheinbaum #chile #argentina #venezuela #elsalvador #ecuador #honduras #costarica #peru #colombia #brazil #mexico
Jose Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential election, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to steer the country in its sharpest rightward shift since the end of its military dictatorship in 1990. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/politics/chile-jose-antonio-kast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #chile #southamerica #latinamerica #joseantoniokast