Chile elections 2021: José Antonio Kast closes campaign with speech against “totalitarianism of the left”

The right-wing candidate for the presidency of Chile Jose Antonio Kast, of German descent, closed his campaign on Wednesday and for this he chose the city of Valdivia, marked by German colonization, as the setting.

Hundreds of people received, amid applause, shouts and Chilean flags to closet, the candidate of the ultra-conservative Republican Party and according to the polls one of the favorites to win the presidential elections on November 21 in Chile.

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The appointment was at Saval Park on Isla Teja, near Valdivia, south of Chile, where in front of about 200 followers Kast expressed his criticism against the “totalitarianism” that in his opinion prevails in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Among the people he pointed to a lone Venezuelan flag. “Many people (Venezuelans) have come to Chile seeking freedom, fleeing from that narco-dictatorship. We also have that critical situation in Cuba where they have not been able to exercise their right to freedom, to democracy “added the 54-year-old attorney.

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closet is a son of German immigrants who came to Chile in 1951. His father enlisted in the Nazi army, although the candidate has said he did so out of “obligation.”

His family settled in the town of Paine, on the outskirts of Santiago, but most of the German settlers who arrived en masse from the first half of the 19th century preferred southern Chile.

The first German migration in Valdivia settled precisely on Teja Island, where closet made the event. In this area the German influence has lasted over time in architecture, food and the development of companies dedicated to the manufacture of beer.

“Chile is a diverse country, here we have all races. I was born on this island and grew up surrounded by Germans, Italians, and Englishmen and I lived together perfectly, we had no violence or discrimination in Valdivia “Jeanette Catalán, 57, told AFP.

Order and peace

closet, a nostalgic for the order and economic impulse of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), closed his speech by reaffirming that “totalitarianism” on the left, which he rejects, in his opinion leads him in Chile the young deputy and candidate, Gabriel Boric -another favorite- with the support of the Communist Party.

“I want order for my country, that our children can develop in a good way freely in their country, that we can live in peace and be able to work”Said Claudia Guzmán, 49, during the ceremony.

About 15 million people are entitled to elect on Sunday among seven candidates for the next president of Chile.

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