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Mary Robinson’s Pinochet handshake showed era of uncritical coverage was over, official said

The Irish Times 28 Dec 2025
Media backlash to Mary Robinson’s handshake with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet showed that some commentators were now “ready to exploit the slightest weakness” and the era of uncritical coverage was gone, an official warned in 1995.
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Kast Wins Chile’s Presidential Election in Continuation of Regional Trend

OWP 23 Dec 2025
His election marks a political pivot for the South American country, who has prided itself on keeping far-right politics at bay since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s rule in 1990.
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The Pinochet fan

The Hindu 20 Dec 2025
Chile’s next President, its most right-wing leader since the Pinochet era and an admirer of the dictator, promises a Trump-style approach to governance ....
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Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never want away

The Guardian 19 Dec 2025
Experts say José Antonio Kast able to ‘reactivate a dormant Pinochetism’ and warn more education needed on ...
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Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never went away

The Observer 19 Dec 2025
Confident in his popularity, the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet called a plebiscite in 1988 asking the population whether they approved extending his 15-year-long bloody rule for a further eight years.
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Chile’s Trump? Ariel Dorfman on the Election of Pinochet Admirer José Antonio Kast

Scheerpost 18 Dec 2025
Kast has openly praised former U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet and is the son of a Nazi who fled Germany after World War II ... Kast once praised Pinochet, saying, quote, “If he were alive, he would vote for me,” unquote.
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Nona Fernández presentó ‘Marciano’, una mirada literaria al militante detrás del atentado a Pinochet

Clarin 17 Dec 2025
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Chile’s Trump? Ariel Dorfman on the Election of Pinochet Admirer José Antonio Kast

Democracy Now 17 Dec 2025
Kast has openly praised former U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet and is the son of a Nazi who fled Germany after World War II. Kast campaigned on fighting crime and carrying out mass deportations of immigrants ... This is viewer supported news ... Donate.
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Chile Is Swerving to the Right — and Into the Past

New York Times 17 Dec 2025
Chile’s new leader wants to rewrite its past and recast its future ... .
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Chile elects most right-wing leader since Pinochet – in line with regional drift, domestic tendency ...

Hastings Tribune 16 Dec 2025
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Chile Elects Most Right-Wing President of Post-Pinochet Era

Wall Street Journal 15 Dec 2025
José Antonio Kast will be an ally of President Trump, vowing to build a border wall and trenches to keep out migrants and crack down on crime ... .
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Jose Antonio Kast, Chile’s next president, traces politics back to Pinochet era

Straits Times 15 Dec 2025
Mr Kast, 59, easily beat leftist presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, winning 58 per cent of the vote ....
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Chile presidential election: Pinochet admirer wins in lurch to right

The Times/The Sunday Times 15 Dec 2025
With 83 per cent of votes ...
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Radical right grows in South America as Chile elects its most right-wing leader since Pinochet

France24 15 Dec 2025
... leader in the country since the fall of Augusto Pinochet in 1990.
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Chile, land of Pinochet, elects its most right-wing president in decades

The Los Angeles Times 15 Dec 2025
Augusto Pinochet ... Kast is a devout Catholic and father of nine whose German-born father was a registered member of Hitler’s Nazi Party and whose brother served as a minister in the Pinochet dictatorship.

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