Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election on Sunday, securing a commanding 58% of the vote in a runoff with the government-backed leftist candidate Jeannette Jara, who won 42% and swiftly conceded.⁣ ⁣ Throughout his decades-long political career, Kast has been a consistent right-wing hardliner. He has proposed building border walls, deploying the military to high-crime areas, and deporting all migrants who are in the country illegally.⁣ ⁣ In a victory speech to a crowd who waved Chilean flags at the headquarters of his Republican Party in the neighborhood of Las Condes in Santiago on Sunday evening, Kast pledged "real change."⁣ ⁣ #ChileElection #Kast #Chile #Santiago #President