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Latin America shifts right in 2025 and aligns with Trump
UPI ^ | Dec. 17, 2025 | Francisca Orellana

Posted on 12/21/2025 7:07:09 PM PST by Mr. Mojo

Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Latin America's political shift toward conservative governments was reinforced this week when Chileans elected far-right politician Jose Antonio Kast for the 2026-2030 term. It was the largest vote total ever recorded in a presidential election there.

Chile's result strengthened a regional trend that is reshaping domestic political balances and points to closer political and economic alignment with the United States.

Chile became the latest country in the region to deliver an electoral swing by handing victory to the opposition and rejecting the ruling coalition's candidate backed by President Gabriel Boric, a leftist.

The outcome reflects a new regional political map marked by the erosion of progressive projects and the advance of right-wing alternatives, many of them campaigning on hardline positions on security, economic policy and governance.

With Chile, nine Latin American countries are now governed by right-leaning presidents. In 2025, Bolivia joined the group with the election of Rodrigo Paz, while Honduras awaits an electoral decision between two conservative candidates.

The bloc also includes Santiago Pena in Paraguay, Daniel Noboa in Ecuador, Javier Milei in Argentina, Luis Abinader in the Dominican Republic, Jose Raul Mulino in Panama and Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, who was re-elected in 2024 and has emerged as one of the region's most prominent conservative leaders.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 12/21/2025 7:07:09 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo
Always “far-right,” but never “far-left.” How convenient.
2 posted on 12/21/2025 7:11:37 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Mr. Mojo

Maybe they are tired of starving.


3 posted on 12/21/2025 7:27:59 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Maybe all the left-leaning ones came here.


4 posted on 12/21/2025 7:58:16 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Smart move.

Alignment with the United States is an economic winner moving forward.

Beating your head against an Orange Brick Wall is for Western Hemisphere Nations that don’t value the economic prosperity of their people, but would rather align with a fantasy world of globalist social values that are irrelevant.


5 posted on 12/21/2025 8:00:06 PM PST by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: Fungi

No kidding.


6 posted on 12/21/2025 8:40:36 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Mr. Mojo

Every time I read “far right” I think “freedom loving.”


7 posted on 12/21/2025 8:41:09 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Except Brazil where Biden helped the leftist win and imprison the conservative.


8 posted on 12/21/2025 8:55:17 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Except Brazil where Biden helped the leftist win and imprison the conservative.

Lula's victory was a top priority for the previous administration. Even Victoria Nuland took time off from Project Ukraine to visit Brazil, slight Bolsonaro, warn against "Russian interference" in Brazil's election (heard that one before), and proclaim, "We have confidence in your electoral system."

9 posted on 12/21/2025 10:29:28 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: Mr. Mojo

I didn’t realize that so many Latin American countries had shifted right.

I knew about Argentina and El Salvador.


10 posted on 12/21/2025 10:43:19 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: gundog
Maybe all the left-leaning ones came here.

It does look that way, doesn't it?

11 posted on 12/21/2025 10:44:11 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: unclebankster

Problem is there are winners and losers in capitalism. Add a big touch of corruption and the siren call of socialism comes into vogue. They need to treat the left the way Pinochet treated them. Make Bernie Goetz the chief of police.


12 posted on 12/21/2025 11:42:23 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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The outcome reflects a new regional political map marked by the erosion of progressive projects and the advance of right-wing alternatives, many of them campaigning on hardline positions on security, economic policy and governance.
That's just extreme leftist semantics masquerading as journalism.
There's Right Wing, the other option being Wrong Wing.

13 posted on 12/21/2025 11:46:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Kudos to the Admin Moderator, reason: "Randspam" [ 4354167 ])
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To: Mr. Mojo

,,, Chileans would no doubt have eyed the turnaround in Argentina and worked out that all socialism has done over the decades is spread poverty evenly.


14 posted on 12/21/2025 11:54:46 PM PST by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: unclebankster
Alignment with the United States is an economic winner moving forward...

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Yes, and it's more than coincidental that all these positive developments are occurring in these Latin American countries when the U.S. has its first Hispanic Secretary of State... Go Marco!


15 posted on 12/22/2025 2:27:36 AM PST by poconopundit
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To: Fungi

No matter how left someone’s politics are, they are always near to the press’s.


16 posted on 12/22/2025 2:28:37 AM PST by dangus
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