Chile – Kast emerged as the favorite to win the second round
The first round of the Chilean presidential election on November 16 produced a clear head-to-head pairing for the December 14 runoff: Jeannette Jara, the left-leaning candidate from the governing coalition, won approximately 26.8 % of the vote. Meanwhile José Antonio Kast, the hard-right veteran politician, took around 2 3 . 9 %. Because neither achieved more than 50 %, they advance to the second round . On the legislative front, in the simultaneous elections for the Chamber of Deputies and half the Senate, the right-leaning bloc achieved a meaningful shift . Reports indicate that th...