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Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to Donald Trump.

The president-elect, José Antonio Kast, has expressed nostalgia for the 17-year military dictatorship of the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet, opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage and advocated in recent years for a constitutional ban on abortion.

Those stances, which some say sabotaged Kast’s previous presidential bids in the increasingly liberal country, didn’t seem to matter in Sunday’s election.

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[–] verdi@feddit.org 16 points 21 hours ago

Banana republics V2, CIA boogaloo.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

Fuck, there go my plans to use South America as a last possible fallback if shit keeps getting worse.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 6 points 19 hours ago

Well then fuck you guys, and fuck your sea bass!

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

tbf they got a pretty weak lineup iirc

[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

One of those elections where you have to choose between a douche and a turd sandwich

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

South Americans must be some of the dumbest mother fuckers on the planet.