Chile shifts hard to the right as Kast vows sweeping reforms and border crackdown
TL;DR
Chile swore in hardline president Jose Antonio Kast, signaling the sharpest rightward turn in three decades. Kast pledged sweeping reforms, ordered audits of government ministries, and called for tougher crime measures including deploying troops to crime hotspots and building border barriers with Bolivia to curb undocumented migration.
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