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🦁 A Chilean Milei and the new OAS
Johannes Kaiser is stealing Kast’s far-right thunder ahead of Chile’s presidential race. And three candidates vie to be the next OAS secretary general.
Ignacio Portes & Lucas Berti
February 21, 2025 • Reading Time: 3 minutes
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Will Johannes Kaiser be the Chilean Javier Milei?
Johannes Kaiser casts his vote in Chile’s regional elections in October 2024. Photo: Johannes Kaiser/Facebook
After Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Javier Milei in Argentina, many in Chile believed that José Antonio Kast, who narrowly lost a runoff against President Gabriel Boric in 2021, would be their local equivalent and propel hard-line conservatives to power. But a new figure even further to the right is seemingly stealing Kast’s thunder: Johannes Kaiser.
By the numbers. When asked to spontaneously respond which candidate they would vote for president, Kaiser’s name is the second-most common with 13% of preferences, only behind center-right Providencia Mayor Evelyn Matthei, the latest Cadem polls say. Meanwhile, Kast has fallen from a May 2023 peak of 27% to a meager 8% now.
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