Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation's most conservative leader since Pinochet

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Chile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes.

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Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation's most conservative leader since Pinochet
NPR Topics: News

Chile turns right: Kast inaugurated as nation's most conservative leader since Pinochet

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Chile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes.