Nayara Batschke, Author at Crux

Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola greet supporters at the Santiago Cathedral after attending Mass in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Esteban Felix/AP.)

Church in the Americas

Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast brings openly religious views to a changing country

by María Teresa Hernández, Nayara Batschke and Associated Press April 2, 2026

Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the opposition Republican Party, waves after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

Church in the Americas

Landslide win for Kast gives Chile its most conservative president in decades

by Isabel Debre, Nayara Batschke and Associated Press December 15, 2025

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