Chile has become the latest country in Latin America to veer toward the right, electing a deeply conservative veteran politician who has long attracted comparisons to Donald Trump.

Kast easily beat leftist presidential candidate Jeannette Jara, steering the country its farthest rightward since the military dictatorship ended.

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Kast has also been a keen admirer of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which was rife with human rights abuses ...