Chile marks sharp turn to the right as new hardline president vows sweeping reforms
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Chile's new hardline president, Jose Antonio Kast, vows sweeping reforms, including border barriers.
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Jose Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile's president on Wednesday, marking the nation's most significant shift to the right since the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Kast, a right-wing hardliner who admires Pinochet, vowed in his inaugural address to implement sweeping reforms. These reforms include building physical border barriers along the frontier with Bolivia. The article does not provide specific data or systems affected, nor does it detail documented consequences beyond Kast's stated intentions.
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