Chile’s ultra-conservative opposition candidate, José Antonio Kast, has secured a thumping victory in the presidential runoff election.

Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast calls for an end to Maduro's dictatorship, blaming Venezuela's crisis on his regime.

Chile's hard-right president-elect Jose Antonio Kast said Tuesday that he would back efforts to end Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's "dictatorship," giving Washington yet another regional ally in it

José Antonio Kast’s rise to power will give the U.S. another ally in Latin America, as he joins leaders from El Salvador to Ecuador to Argentina who are aligned with President Trump.

José Antonio Kast has won Chile’s presidential election, with the far-right leader getting about 58% of the vote in Sunday’s runoff against Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist Party who served as labor minister under outgoing President Gabriel Boric.

Mr. Dorfman, a Chilean American writer, is the author of the play “Death and the Maiden” and the novels “The Suicide Museum” and “Allegro.” General Augusto Pinochet, the strongman who imposed a reign of terror on Chile from 1973 to 1990, must be smiling in his grave.

When Chilean soldiers broke into her home and dragged her partner from bed on a spring night in 1986, Alicia Lira was 37 years old. Now 75 years old, she still calls him "my love."

Chile heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday, with far-right contender José Antonio Kast — a supporter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet — tipped to win.