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José Antonio Kast
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José Antonio Kast is the President of Chile.
Notable Quotes
"the government had decided to activate the constitutional state of catastrophe after evaluating the emergency."View Story →
"For all of Chile, this is a milestone."View Story →
"Chile has been violated by illegal immigration, drug trafficking and organised crime."View Story →
"We will fully collaborate with the justice system to clarify what happened, determine where failures may have existed in oversight or prevention, identify what alerts were raised and what actions were taken in response to them."View Story →
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