Activists in Chile are bracing themselves for the incoming four-year rule of far-right president José Antonio Kast, warning of rollbacks to hard-won rights as he pledges to fight crime and illegal immigration, and cut public spending by $6 billion.
‘We will not sit idly by; we will remain vigilant, documenting, denouncing and mobilizing citizens for the unrestricted defence of human rights,’ said Rodrigo Bustos Bottai, director of Amnesty International Chile, following Kast’s election victory in December.
