Cimpeccable dark clothes, short, carefully styled gray hair, a calm and composed smile… At 59, José Antonio Kast cultivates the image of a reassuring figure that contrasts with the extremist label often attached to him. The father of nine was a devout Catholic close to the German Schoenstatt apostolic movement, founded by Father Joseph Kentenich, one of the staunchest and most visible opponents of Nazi ideology.
After scoring a modest 8% in the 2017 presidential election and then losing in the runoff to Gabriel Boric in 2021, José Antonio Kast is hoping his third candidacy is the right one. The leader of Chile’s Republican Party presides over voting for Chile’s presidential election on November 15.
In the first half, he…
