South America Turns Rightward

Chile is poised to elect as president a conservative who has proposed digging ditches to keep out immigrants. In Bolivia, voters recently kicked out the socialists who governed for nearly 20 years. And in Argentina, even the poorest voters have backed President Javier Milei's efforts to shrink the state.

- By Samantha Pearson in Brasília and Ryan Dubé in Lima, Peru

Ultraconservative José Antonio Kast is expected to win Chile's presidential runoff next month.

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