Chile’s New President Brings “Backhoe” Tactics to Public Policy

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Issue Mar 11-17 2026: The start to recently elected Chilean President José Antonio Kast’s mandate was marked by new measures involving human rights, trade unions, and the environment. Likened by critics to a political backhoe, Kast’s approach is to reconfigure policy by a form of creative destruction, demolishing in order to rebuild from the foundation upward.

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