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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Far-right José Antonio Kast favored to win as Chile votes in presidential runoff

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Jose Antonio Kast at a rally in Concepcion in December. Photograph: Juan González/Reuters

Chileans will head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential runoff in which the favourite is a Donald Trump-inspired candidate who has pledged to build a wall along the country’s borders to keep migrants out.

José Antonio Kast, 59, an ultra-conservative former congressman who has built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants, faces Jeannette Jara, 51, a former labour minister under the current centre-left president, Gabriel Boric, 39.

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