TT Jose Antonio Cast was elected president of Chile in
a decisive victory against a left-wing opponent. He will
become the most conservative president that Chile has had since
the return of democracy in the 1990s amid this wave
of support for right-wing politicians across Latin America over the
last few years. Cast is a longtime politician,
and he's pledged to attack a growing sense of insecurity
and crime in Chile and reduce illegal immigration in the
country. Chile. Chile has long been one of
South America's safest countries, but over the last few
years, it's seen a dramatic increase in immigration that
has mainly come from Venezuela, and it has seen
a small increase in crime over recent years. A
lot of voters had tied that to immigration, which
Jose Antonio Cas has pledged to crack down on,
pledging to build, uh, ditches in the north
along the border. To prevent uh migrants from entering
the country and also expelling those migrants who are in
Chile illegally. In recent elections across Latin America,
we've seen a new wave of victories for right-wing politicians
. There's the midterm elections in Argentina, where President
Javier Malay's party did very well, Bolivia's presidential election
, as well as elections in Honduras. And in
Ecuador earlier this year, some of the issues that
has propelled this new wave of politicians to power is
a desire among voters to address two really key fundamental
issues. One is an increasing crime, of organized
crime, of drug trafficking, of extortion that has
affected many of these countries. As well as uh
economic challenges in other countries from Argentina to Bolivia,
that a lot of voters blame years of mismanagement and
corruption by left-wing governments. If you look at where
they were when he first ran for office and where
they are now, Scott. I would say that
it's pretty amazing the job he's done. The transformation
is unbelievable. He inherited the same kind of mess
you did, and he's doing the same kind of
job. The Trump administration is looking to boost a
lot of those candidates that it is allied with.
Uh, in Argentina, the US provided a$20
billion bailout to, uh, uh, to President
Malay's government just weeks before, uh, a crucial
midterm elections. In Honduras as well, just before
the presidential election there, uh, President Trump said
that he would reconsider support for the country. If
his, uh, if his candidate did not win
. President Trump has also even gone after, uh
, left-wing, uh, politicians and presidents in the
region, uh, most notably, uh, President
Paron of Colombia. He better wise up. Or
he'll be next. He'll be next too. With
the rise to power of several right-wing politicians and governments
across Latin America, this provides an increased opportunity for
the US and the Trump administration. A lot of
these governments want to have closer relationships with the US
on economic and security issues, you know, they
need to also maintain ties with China. China due
to its economic influence in the region, but they
want to have closer ties with the US. We
expect this right-wing trend to continue into next year,
uh, during 3, at least 3 important elections
. In Peru, a right-wing candidate will most likely
win the presidential election, and in Colombia, there
will be right-wing candidates vying for power, as well
as in Brazil.