Radical right grows in South America as Chile elects its most right-wing leader since Pinochet

José Antonio Kast was elected Chilean president on December 14, the first far-right leader in the country since the fall of Augusto Pinochet in 1990. An ultraconservative, the 59-year-old won 58% of the popular vote, with the moderate communist Jeannette Jara, supported by a broad leftist coalition, bringing in just 42%. But who is José Antonio Kast?