Kast takes office as Chile marks its sharpest shift to the right since dictatorship

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Far-right leader José Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile’s new president on Wednesday, marking the Latin American nation’s most pronounced shift to the right since the return of democracy in 1990.

In a ceremony at the National Congress in the coastal city of Valparaíso and attended by dozens of heads of state, Kast and his Cabinet took the oaths of office after a landslide victory in the 2025 elections.

Among those attending the ceremony were Argentina’s President Javier Milei...