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.

Jara finished the first round ahead, with 26.9% to 23.9%, but while she was the unified candidate of a leftwing coalition, rightwing contenders, including Kast, together took more than half of the votes. ‘We need an iron fist’: the Trump-inspired favourite to win Chile’s election Read more

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